Well, I got back from holiday late on Wednesday night and whilst leafing through the local press discovered that Blue Living (the developers) had put in a planning application to build 750 homes, a primary school, a hotel, a health centre, creche, library and shops, on the land at Pincents Hill. The details are now available on both Reading (09/01302/ADJ) and West Berks (09/01432/OUTMAJ)council websites. They expect comments by 14 August having allowed just three weeks over the main holiday period. I am not sure what West Berks officers are playing at but this is a ridiculously short space of time. You can draw your own conclusions.

You can bet your bottom dollar that Blue Living chose their time to put in their application but why have West Berks officers limited the consultation time to just three weeks ?