A former bank in the town centre could be transformed into four flats.

Plans have been submitted to turn the former Co-Operative bank on St Marys Butts into three flats.

The proposal, from Ash Cummings Properties Ltd, seeks to change the use of the first and second floor of 34 St Marys Butts from bank to residential.

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Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) planning team will consider the plan and making a decision after a consultation period which began this week.

Two two-bed flats and two one-bed flats are planned at the former bank.

The building has been vacant since May 2018, when the Co-Operative bank closed.

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The bank closed as part of the company’s strategy to reduce its operating costs.

At the time of closure, the bank said a growing number of its customers were using online and telephone banking services and there were fewer visits to its branches, making some of them unsustainable.

The nearest Co-Op bank is now in Oxford, at 13 New Road, Oxford, which is around 26 miles away from the Reading branch location.

The Co-Op says customers can use post offices to make cash and cheque deposits.