Welcome to our Consultation Website
IKEA is proposing a new store at Pincents Lane Retail Park, Calcot, Reading and IKEA submitted a planning application to West Berkshire Council in February 2011.
Since submitting our planning application, we have continued to work closely with West Berkshire Council to review the application proposal, as well as consider the various comments raised by the local community.
Where possible, we have sought to address and agree on improvements to the scheme. Revisions to the proposal include a change of colour to the north and east side of the building to a graduated grey, and enhancing the landscaping to include 63 new trees alongside additional planting of native hedge mixes, shrubs and wild flower grass land.
Having carried out a full assessment of the traffic implications of the scheme together with West Berkshire Councils Highways Team and the Highways Agency, further revisions to the proposed road improvements have been made. Our assessment has demonstrated that IKEA’s £5 million investment in the proposed traffic improvements will not only accommodate the traffic from the store but will also improve the operation of the existing road network.
We hope that the revisions will enable our application to be approved so we can begin the development and operation of our store.