Reading: Vacant offices to be used as county court building
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There will be 10 courtrooms in the Carbon Building
Vacant offices will be used as a Berkshire town's new county courts after planning permission was secured.
The Carbon Building and adjoining Grade II listed Highbridge House, in Reading, were bought by His Majesty's Court and Tribunals Service in 2022.
The site will be converted to create 10 court rooms in the Carbon Building and Highbridge House will be used as offices.
Reading councillors approved the changes at a meeting last month.
The court building will be used to hear cases including personal injury claims, defamation, landlord-tenant disputes and child and vulnerable adult custody cases.
The town's county courts have been located in Friar Street for decades.
Highbridge House is situated behind the Carbon Building
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