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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Reading Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates22,316Searchable applications
437Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,460 approved or refused records
1,595Refused applications
13,865 approved · 1,595 refused · 1,603 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Building ControlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/0122
Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission. (App Ref: 210882) - revisions to submitted plans
10 Anglefield Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HP
Received 31 Jan 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0123
Provision of Skate Park
John Rabson Recreation Ground Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 8DF
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0124
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof.
12 Rhigos Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LF
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0125
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof.
12 Rhigos Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LF
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0126
Discharge of Condition 14(Signage Strategy)relating to the planning permission (192032)
Station Hill North Reading RG1 1NB
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0129
Front Porch Extension, Rear single storey extension, Loft conversion and fenestration changes
177 Peppard Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TS
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0130
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2,Part 14, Class J
The Globe 12 Portman Road Reading RG30 1EA
Received 1 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0205
Retrospective approval for single storey rear extension, an increase in height of existing flat roof and other alterations to rear. (amended)
46 Waldeck Street Reading RG1 2RE
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0206
Alterations to front garden to form off-street parking, including forming new crossover and associated works
9 Erleigh Road Reading RG1 5LR
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0207
single storey extension to rear to provide 8no. assisted care bedroomswith sensory garden
Florence House Care Home 16-22 Westcote Road Reading RG30 2DE
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0208
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 40 (Details of hours of use of non-residential uses)of application 192032
Station Hill North Reading
Received 16 Feb 2024 - ValidPL/24/0209
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 41 (ExternalLighting) of application 192032
Station Hill North Reading
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0210
Non-Material Amendment to application 192032 - Amendment to tree species.
Station Hill North Reading
Received 16 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0213
Proposed single storey rear extension
46 Elizabeth Walk Reading RG2 0AW
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0216
Erection of an A/C compound and timber-slatted framing.
Wellington House Worton Drive Reading
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0217
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan), 6 (Program of archaeological work) and 7 (Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)) of application 211021
8 Kelmscott Close Caversham Reading RG4 7DG
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0218
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Construction Management), 5 (Cycle Parking), 9 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) and 13 (Birds and Bats) of applicaation 211063
Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel South Street Reading
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0219
Single-storey rear extension with conversion of existing conservatory.Front porch and interior alterations.
184 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JU
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0220
First floor extension to rear of the property
26 Armour Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HN
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0221
Two storey side and single storey rear extensions. Replacement windows.
17 Hungerford Drive Reading RG1 6JA
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0223
T10 - Sycamore - Remove lowest branch over greenhouse and crown lift to 5m all round and remove dead wood. Works to improve light to the house, garden and greenhouse.
23 Heron Island Caversham Reading RG4 8DQ
Received 20 Feb 2024 - ValidPL/24/0224
Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) relating to the Planning permission (230579)
109b Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UD
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0226
Erection of Temporary Modular Community Centre for a period of 3 years
29 Lexington Grove Reading RG2 8UG
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0227
Re-pollard one Eucalyptus
20 Belle Vue Road Reading RG1 7TX
Received 20 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Reading Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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