The £4m needed to build the new mosque on the corner of Wokingham Road and Green Road will have to be raised by the local Muslim community.
"The new Green Road mosque will be available to all Reading's Muslims and will be a facility of which we can all be justly proud," said Mian Saleem.
When the new facility is built the Alexandra Road mosque will be shut.
The people involved have also assured us they will have a very inclusive approach, including the provision of proper facilities for women
David Sutton,
council leader
Facilities at the new building will include a prayer house, washing facilities, smaller prayer houses, a library, conference room, class rooms for male and female students, a meeting centre for older people and parking for 115 vehicles.
David Sutton, leader of Reading Borough Council, said: "These have been complex negotiations between the community leaders from the Alexandra Road mosque, the South Street mosque and others pushing for the new mosque, and
I'm pleased we've managed to reach a fair and sensible arrangement. "The new mosque will be a glorious building, a very classical design with curved arches and a splendid silver dome in the centre.
This david sutton guy is pleased because he was given bribe to appprove this project