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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 dates23,169Searchable applications
444Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,191 approved or refused records
1,670Refused applications
14,521 approved · 1,670 refused · 1,668 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/17/1060
Change of use of Building from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 1 x 1 bed and 1 x 2 bed flats. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
2 London Court East Street Reading RG1 4QL
Received 29 Jun 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1062
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 9 (Plant - noise assessment) of planning permission ref. 170349
252-256 Kings Road Reading Berkshire RG1 4HP
Received 29 Jun 2017 - Decision MadePL/24/0422
Variation of conditions 2,3,4,7,21,23,25,26,27,28,31,32,33,34,38,39,40,41,42,43,44&48 & removal of conditions 29&30 of permission 221232(dated 24/05/23 for various demolition works & redevelopment for reconfig-ured basement/ground floor uses, apart- hotel, various extensions & new-build elements, public courtyard & associated works), including reconfiguration of 5-15(Odd) Queen Victoria St from 6 to 3 units at basement/ground floor & rear dormer alterations at 3rd floor, increasein rooms & provision of apart-hotel entrance on Queen Victoria St, remodelling of new-build elements at 145-146 Friar St, together with dormer & roof level changes & various other associated works.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street and 145-148 Friar Street, Reading RG1 1SY
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0423
Install solar panels onto existing flat roof of garage. Installation of electric car charger.
75 Watlington Street Reading RG1 4RQ
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0424
New pitched roof over existing flat roof, single storey rear extension
Jasmine Cottage The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TQ
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0425
Proposed works to various trees
Garden Mews Westcote Road Reading RG30 2HD
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0426
Installation of air source heat pump
55 Elliots Way Caversham Reading RG4 8BW
Received 3 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0433
T7 ASH- Reduce the overhanging branches back to previous reduction points as highlighted on the pic attached.
42 Ruskin Caversham Reading RG4 6LE
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0435
T19 Sycamore reduce longest branches overhanging garden and Surley Row by a maximum of 2m, T20-T24 HORNBEAM cut back canopies where necessary to give up to 2m clearance of dwelling. Crown lift to give 5.5m clearance over Surley Row
3 Notley Place Emmer Green Reading RG4 8PW
Received 6 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0436
Proposal to change the dwelling from 3 flats back to one single family home.
47 Kidmore Road Reading RG4 7LY
Received 7 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0437
Ground floor rear extension, amendments to roof form of a previous rear extension, minor internal reconfiguration and refurbishment works to the existing two storey detached dwellinghouse.
4 Orwell Close Caversham Reading RG4 7PU
Received 7 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0439
1x Bay laurel - remove
41 Alexandra Road Reading RG1 5PG
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0440
Single Storey Rear extension to existing Church Kitchen and new Porch Door
Grovelands Baptist Church Oxford Road Reading RG30 1HJ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0441
T39, T15, T18, T19, T20 Lime One operation to re-pollard the Lime trremoving any regrowth back to the previous reduction points. Removebasal and epicormic growth from tree 2X annually for the next 5 years.
4 Cadogan Place Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HJ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0442
Single storey extension to form a Utility Room and WC.
51 Peppard Road Caversham Reading RG4 8NH
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0443
2no. single-storey rear extensions, and loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights
10 De Montfort Road Reading RG1 8DL
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0444
Discharge of condition 23 (Details of a contract for the carrying out of the works of redevelopment of the site, prior to any demolition works commencing) of permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024.
55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0517
One Internally Illuminated Totem Sign
Bp Petrol Station Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0HP
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0518
Part-retrospective application for the change of use of a single C3 dwellinghouse to three C3 flats (1 x 3-bed, 2 x 1-bed), with a two- storey side extension, and single storey upward flat roof extension including associated works.
95 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PT
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0519
Minor amendment to of planning permission 211843 For two additional parking spaces.
17 Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SQ
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0520
Demolition of the glass atrium at rooftop level of Holybrook carpark and infilling of opening, provision of 10 new car parking spaces and minor external alterations to former House of Fraser unit
Holy Brook Car Park, The Oracle Bridge Street Reading
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0521
Application for the proposed replacement of existing carport to side of property with new pitched roof, carport 2no new rooflights to main roof without complying with condition 2 of planning permission 230743 (amended description)
1a Melrose Avenue Reading RG6 7BN
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0522
Lowering the basement floor to create headroom and installing one rear-facing window above ground level. (amended)
36 Bedford Road Reading RG1 7HS
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0524
4m flat roof rear extension and internal alterations.
13 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3AA
Received 23 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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