A bomb shelter could be converted into a meditation room at a Buddhist centre in west Reading, under new plans.

The Kadampa Meditation Centre has submitted plans to turn a bomb shelter next to its current building into a new meditation room, extending the site at 9 Bath Road.

The old meditation room will be refurbished and transformed into office space for teachers.

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The Kadampa Meditation Centre is a centre for meditation and modern Buddhism based in Reading, around ten minutes west of the town centre.

The owners say the plans will improve the centre and create a peaceful meditation space which will be “an enhancement to the Reading community, open to all and inclusive of the disabled”.

And they say the extension will be sensitively and carefully designed both to avoid damaging with existing tree roots and to respect nearby residential buildings.

The centre serves as a place for relaxation, peace, and refuge in Berkshire and has been open for 15 years.

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It hosts a broad range of classes and events, which it says enables everyone the opportunity to develop lasting inner peace.

The main purpose of the extension project is to build a new state-of-the-art meditation room to host classes and events.

The room would offer space for 30 people and have a supporting toilet, catering, break out space, a small shop and storage, as well as a ‘contemplation’ garden space.