GoogleCouncillors have been advised they should refuse a controversial planning application to build 257 homes on a golf course.
Their reasons included protecting open spaces and avoiding environmental harm.
Reading Golf Club (RGC) previously said the development would leave a legacy for the area.
The current planning application has received a further 500 objections, and about 125 messages of support.
In a council report, planning officers said the RGC development, in partnership with Fairfax, would lead to loss of a significant amount of open space.
They suggested the groupings of buildings across the site would fail to create a development with its own identity, and there would be an “adverse effect” on trees and a “net loss of biodiversity”.
They added the plan would fail to achieve zero carbon homes standards, improve sustainable transport, or improve a nearby junction to mitigate the development’s impact.
RGC moved to Caversham Heath Golf Club in April and said the development would bring much-needed family homes with gardens to north Reading.
The plans also include a healthcare facility and a public open space with a footpath and cycleways.
It said this would create 100 acres of open green public space and would be the first new arboretum in Berkshire for over a century.
Reading’s Planning Applications Committee is set to make a decision on Wednesday.
