Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
14,155 approved · 1,628 refused · 1,627 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
83 Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6LA
Received 18 Jul 2016House Of Fraser, The Oracle Bridge Street Reading RG1 2AS
Received 15 Jul 20161053, 1055 & 1057 Oxford Road Reading RG31 6YE
Received 18 Jul 2016Flat 1 79 London Road Reading RG1 5BY
Received 18 Jul 201645 Westbourne Terrace Reading RG30 2RP
Received 18 Jul 201662 Portman Road Reading RG30 1EA
Received 18 Jul 2016Phase 3C Kennet Island Development Site Reading RG2 0JH
Received 18 Jul 2016Fox & Hounds Ph 51 Gosbrook Road Caversham Reading RG4 8BN
Received 18 Jul 20163 Mapledene Caversham Reading RG4 7DQ
Received 18 Jul 2016180 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JU
Received 19 Jul 2016Government Buildings Coley Park 61 Wensley Road Reading RG1 6LY
Received 20 Jul 201641 Prince Of Wales Avenue Reading
Received 27 Jul 201661-73 Loverock Road Reading RG30 1DZ
Received 27 Jul 201615 Green Road Reading RG6 7BS
Received 27 Jul 201626 The Mount Reading RG1 5HL
Received 29 Jul 201654 Erleigh Road Reading RG1 5NH
Received 29 Jul 2016Land at rear of 88-96 Lower Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LE
Received 29 Jul 201620 Lynmouth Road Reading RG1 8DD
Received 29 Jul 201620 Lynmouth Road Reading RG1 8DD
Received 29 Jul 20162 Ashcroft Close Caversham Reading RG4 7NU
Received 1 Aug 2016Block A, Phase 3B Kennet Island Southside Reading
Received 1 Aug 2016Millennium House 350 Basingstoke Road Reading
Received 1 Aug 20161 Webster Close Reading RG2 8BF
Received 1 Aug 2016The Restoration Ph 928 Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6TJ
Received 27 Feb 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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