The Oracle Bridge Street Reading
Application under Section 73 of Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to vary condition no. 80 (Opening Hours) of planning permission 230682 (Removal of condition 62 of permission 970419 [Demolition of existing buildings, redevelopment and change of use to provide: shopping centre (Class A1, A2 & A3), 41 residential units, leisure facilities including multi screen cinema (Class D2), car parking (2390 spaces) and community uses together with associated landscaping etc)] to allow the subdivision of ‘department store’ floorspace. Imposition of new planning condition(s) to restrict use of ‘department store’ floorspace within Use Class E(a)(b)(d)(e), with a minimum unit size of 1,000 sqm (GIA)) to allow Class E(d) uses at Riverside level within the former House of Fraser department store to extend opening hours from 00:00 to 00:30 Mondays to Saturdays, from 23:00 to 00:30 on Sundays and from 23:00 to 02:30 on New Years Eve.