Scheme includes more than 600 homes

Barton Willmore has submitted plans for a mixed-use scheme in Reading that are being developed by the Berkshire town鈥檚 football club.

Called Royal Elm Park, the scheme will be built in the southern end of the town in the shadow of the Championship side鈥檚 Madejski stadium and will include 630 homes and a 8,000sq m public square 鈥� known as Stadium Square 鈥� as a well as a convention centre, hotel, 2,000sq m of retail and an ice rink.

It is being developed by RFC Prop Co Ltd, a partly-owned subsidiary of the football club.

Barton Willmore鈥檚 planning director Kim Cohen said 鈥淪outh Reading is a focus for growth and regeneration within the Council鈥檚 planning policy framework and this new mixed-use development has undeniable potential to contribute significantly to the enhancement of this area.鈥�

Barton Willmore Reading

The scheme will be built in the shadow of the football stadium

 

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