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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 dates22,955Searchable applications
444Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,013 approved or refused records
1,649Refused applications
14,364 approved · 1,649 refused · 1,648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/0657
Refurbishment and conversion of existing house into 4 HMO units
144 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2RD
Received 21 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0658
Ground Rear Extension and Front Porch.
133 Kingsbridge Road Reading RG2 7RG
Received 21 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0660
Erection of a 2 storey 3 bedroom dwelling
19 Ogmore Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4SX
Received 22 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0661
Replacement of timber windows with UPVC windows.
Folk House Church Street Reading
Received 22 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0734
Proposed single storey rear extension, front porch and garage conversion.
71 Barnsdale Road Reading RG2 7JG
Received 5 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0736
Proposed two storey and single storey side extension, and single storey front extension with pitched roof across existing bay window.
105 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HP
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0737
External works and landscaping
1 St Peters Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7AX
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0738
A two-storey side rear extension to include balcony following the demolition of the existing garden room, first floor rear extension and fenestration changes to include porch.
The House, Harveys Nurseries Peppard Road Caversham Reading RG4 8TN
Received 6 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0739
Demolition of existing conservatory at the rear of the property. Erection of new single storey rear extension to form Garden Room, with associated internal alterations.
54 Harrogate Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PN
Received 6 Jun 2024 - ValidPL/24/0740
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of PlanningPermission 130668 - Boardwalk relocation
Sales And Marketing Suite Drake Way Reading
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0741
Application under Section 73 of Town and Country Planning Act (1990) to vary condition no. 80 (Opening Hours) of planning permission 230682 (Removal of condition 62 of permission 970419 [Demolition of existing buildings, redevelopment and change of use to provide: shopping centre (Class A1, A2 & A3), 41 residential units, leisure facilities including multi screen cinema (Class D2), car parking (2390 spaces) and community uses together with associated landscaping etc)] to allow the subdivision of ‘department store’ floorspace. Imposition of new planning condition(s) to restrict use of ‘department store’ floorspace within Use Class E(a)(b)(d)(e), with a minimum unit size of 1,000 sqm (GIA)) to allow Class E(d) uses at Riverside level within the former House of Fraser department store to extend opening hours from 00:00 to 00:30 Mondays to Saturdays, from 23:00 to 00:30 on Sundays and from 23:00 to 02:30 on New Years Eve.
The Oracle Bridge Street Reading
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0742
Outbuilding in rear garden
16 Jefferson Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8US
Received 7 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0743
New front wall and gates including associated landscaping.
34 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4EU
Received 8 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0744
Non-material amendments to planning permission 92/0155/FD (920342), asallowed on appeal (Ref T/APP/Q0135/A/92/206199/P2) on 29/10/1992 (for the erection of an air hall and floodlighting to provide indoor tennisat Caversham Tennis Club), to alter the wording of condition 2 (The air hall hereby permitted shall not be erected or retained in an inflated condition on the site between 1 April and 30 September in anyyear) to "the Airhall can be erected between the 13th September and the 15th October each year and must be taken down between 15th March and the 15th April each year".
Caversham Lawn Tennis Club Queensborough Drive Caversham Reading RG4 7JA
Received 9 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0745
Proposed construction of a single storey rear extension
12 Foundry Place Katesgrove Lane Reading RG1 2HS
Received 9 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0746
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan) and 9 (cycle parking) of application 231841
Whitley Wood Fire Station 270 Whitley Wood Road Reading RG2 8FS
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0747
Dwellinghouse in use as a 5-bedroom small HMO (C4 class) for more than10 years
36 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NQ
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0748
Top Flat, 155 Oxford Road used as a self-contained dwelling for more than 10 years.
155 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UY
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0749
Residential dwelling at Flat 3, 8 Goldsmid Road, Reading used as a self contained unit for more than 10 years.
Flat 3 8 Goldsmid Road Reading RG1 7LR
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0750
Residential dwelling at Flat 4, 8 Goldsmid Road, Reading used as a self contained unit for more than 10 years.
Flat 4 8 Goldsmid Road Reading RG1 7LR
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0751
Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed change of use from C3 Residential to C4 HMO for 6 individuals. (amended)
43 St Bartholomews Road Reading RG1 3QA
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0752
Works to G1 Mixed species
78 Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6FJ
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0754
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed changes to fenestration and other external alterations.
7a Dellwood Park Caversham Reading RG4 7NX
Received 11 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0756
Cedar in rear garden - Reduce in height by 6m to the nearest suitable growth point. This reduces the overall height from 30m to 24m. Remove deadwood >40mm in diameter or over 1m in length. Remove all damaged and hung-up branches.
67 Tilehurst Road Reading RG30 2JL
Received 12 Jun 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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