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.
14,731 approved · 1,701 refused · 1,691 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Dec 2011 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear at rear of 86 Southampton Street known as 85 Pell Street Reading RG1 2QR
Received 23 Feb 201882 Star Road Caversham Reading RG4 5BE
Received 23 Feb 201882 Star Road Caversham Reading RG4 5BE
Received 23 Feb 2018Tesco Extra Napier Road Reading RG1 8DF
Received 23 Feb 2018Tesco Extra Napier Road Reading RG1 8DF
Received 23 Feb 201813 Burnham Rise Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XJ
Received 23 Feb 2018Bristol & West Arcade Market Place Reading RG1 1JL
Received 23 Feb 2018Bristol & West Arcade Market Place Reading RG1 1JL
Received 23 Feb 201870 Brooksby Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6LY
Received 26 Feb 2018Flat 1 The Waterhouse 7-9 Gosbrook Road Reading RG4 8BT
Received 26 Feb 2018Former Gas Works Gas Works Road Reading
Received 26 Feb 201829 Elliots Way Caversham Reading RG4 8BW
Received 26 Feb 201827 Coniston Drive Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XS
Received 26 Feb 2018The Butler Ph 85-91 Chatham Street Reading RG1 7DS
Received 26 Feb 2018The Butler Ph 85-91 Chatham Street Reading RG1 7DS
Received 26 Feb 20188 The Beeches Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RQ
Received 26 Feb 201898 St Georges Road Reading RG30 2RH
Received 26 Feb 201898 St Georges Road Reading RG30 2RH
Received 26 Feb 2018Archway House Gosbrook Road Reading RG4 8HU
Received 27 Feb 201869a Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RA
Received 26 Feb 201819 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EJ
Received 9 Mar 2018101 St Saviours Road Reading RG1 6EJ
Received 10 Mar 20181 Tamarisk Avenue Reading RG2 8JB
Received 11 Mar 20189 Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RA
Received 11 Mar 2018Records 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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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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