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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 dates22,511Searchable applications
437Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,632 approved or refused records
1,614Refused applications
14,018 approved · 1,614 refused · 1,612 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/0320
Retrospective application for single storey rear extension.
3 Chagford Road Reading RG2 8AY
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0322
Single storey rear extension with internal alterations and lantern
57 Addison Road Reading RG1 8EN
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0323
Proposed single storey side extension
6 Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EJ
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0400
Retrospective application for retention of 3No side-facing roof-lights as per position installed (to remain openable, and fitted with clear glazing). Loft conversion completed under permitted development (application ref 230458).
17 Clifton Park Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PD
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0402
Change of use of Ground Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 3 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Archway House Gosbrook Road Caversham RG4 8HU
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0403
Proposal for the erection of 9No. dwelling houses including alterations to the existing property.
Brindles Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SH
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0404
Various internal and external works associated with Nos 147 and 148 Friar St and Nos 1 and 15 (odd) Queen Victoria St, including part-two, part-three storey rear extension to 5-15 (odd) Queen Victoria St, as part of redevelopment to provide reconfigured basementand ground floor uses on Friar St and Queen Victoria St frontages and proposed apart-hotel (Class C1) and on all upper floors.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street and 147-148 Friar Street Reading RG11SY
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0405
Single storey rear extension replacing existing conservatory, loft conversion into habitable accommodation including rear dormer and 2 roof lights to front elevation.
19 Donnington Road Reading RG1 5NE
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0406
Creation of charging zone, erection of EV chargers, erection of canopy, jet wash bays, sub-station enclosure, LV panel, meter cabinet,plant room and associated works.
Wm Morrison Plc Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HB
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0408
Rear Single storey extension to replace existing conservatory
191 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JP
Received 30 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0409
Single storey rear extension (replicating footprint of existing conservatory).
32 South View Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 5AJ
Received 31 Mar 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0410
Demolition of exisiting HMO and build 9 self contained flats
1015 Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6TL
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0412
All round crown reduction of varying amounts, back to previous points where present.
51 Orchard Grove Caversham Reading RG4 6NF
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0413
Demolition of the existing warehouse and replacement with a new larger warehouse.
International Business Moves Ltd 4 Acre Road Reading RG2 0SX
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0414
Two proposed 3-bed four-person detached properties with associated parking and gardens.
47 Parkside Road Reading RG30 2BT
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0415
Erection of a detached dwelling with parking and amenity space
Land to South Of 104 Berkeley Avenue Reading RG1 6HY
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0417
Partial demolish of rear extension and new rear extension to create 7 bedroom HMO. Shop access door position changed with access ramp.
10b Bridge Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AA
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0493
Proposed single and two storey rear extensions to form kitchen, wc, dining room and bathroom
87 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HL
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0494
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission ref. 211636
75 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QU
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0496
Extension and alterations to flats 1 and 3 to create one additional apartment
92 Albert Road Caversham Reading
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0497
Single storey rear extension including flat roof section and roof light, front extension to garage, front porch.
15 St Andrews Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PH
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0498
Single storey rear extension, garage conversion and internal alterations
5 Geoffreyson Road Caversham Reading RG4 7HS
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0499
Discharge of planning condition 4 relating to approved planning permission 230887
6 Mapledene Caversham Reading RG4 7DQ
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0500
Demolition of existing rear extension. Construction of a new single storey rear extension and modifications to the existing conservatory.
79 Recreation Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4UB
Received 19 Apr 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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