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Following
recommendation by officers, on Wednesday March 6th 2008 Reading
Borough Council’s
planning committee voted unanimously, across all parties, to
grant consent for Station Hill, Sackville Developments’ landmark
1.4m sq ft mixed-use scheme adjacent to Reading Station.
Designed
by leading architects, Scott Brownrigg and Chapman Taylor, it will
include offices, shops, cafés, restaurants and apartments
as well as an arts venue and new public areas in line with Reading
Borough
Council's
vision for redevelopment of the station area.
Station
Hill is a project of great significance to the regeneration of
Reading and the wider Thames Valley. It will set a new standard
for high quality sustainable development and contribute significant
new public spaces. Its location at the heart of the town, adjacent
to the Station Interchange, offers superb accessibility and can
deliver special provision for the proposed Station Hill Mass Rapid
Transit stop and the major connecting pedestrian route. The public
spaces and
main pedestrian routes will be open at all times. |