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.
14,951 approved · 1,733 refused · 1,721 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Sept 2011 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Park Village Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6AB
Received 13 Jun 2018102 Pitcroft Avenue Reading RG6 1NN
Received 13 Jun 2018Seafield Court Russell Street Reading
Received 13 Jun 201888 Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PL
Received 22 Jun 201834-38 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QL
Received 22 Jun 20181-3 Amity Road Reading RG1 3LN
Received 25 Jun 201824 Devonshire Park Reading RG2 7DX
Received 27 Jun 20181 Wardle Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JR
Received 28 Jun 201842 Battle Street Reading RG1 7NU
Received 11 Jul 20183 Blaenant Emmer Green Reading RG4 8PH
Received 11 Jul 201821 Highmoor Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BL
Received 11 Jul 2018Kings Point 120 Kings Road Reading RG1 3DA
Received 11 Jul 201823 Downing Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BA
Received 11 Jul 2018108 London Street Reading
Received 11 Jul 20183 Chagford Road Reading RG2 8AY
Received 11 Jul 201832 Colliers Way Reading RG30 2QT
Received 11 Jul 2018108 London Street Reading
Received 12 Jul 201822 Gurney Close Caversham Reading RG4 7LE
Received 12 Jul 2018Land Adjacent 12 Carey Street Reading
Received 12 Jul 201843 Donnington Gardens Reading RG1 5LZ
Received 12 Jul 201843 Donnington Gardens Reading RG1 5LZ
Received 12 Jul 20185 Chiltern Heights Chiltern Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LA
Received 13 Jul 2018112 Mayfield Drive Caversham Reading RG4 5JT
Received 13 Jul 20186 Eldon Road Reading RG1 4DH
Received 13 Jul 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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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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