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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.
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Reading planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Reading website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates23,855Searchable applications
438Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,796 approved or refused records
1,742Refused applications
15,054 approved · 1,742 refused · 1,733 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/19/1168
1 x internally illuminated fascia sign & 1 x non-illuminated sign on south elevation; 1 x non illuminated wall sign on eastern side boundary; 2 x internally illuminated entrance panels signs.
Suzuki WLMG Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0JZ
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1169
Application for discharge of condition 6 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission ref. 181296
17-27 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1170
Application for approval of details reserved by condition no 3 (windows and roof lights) of listed building consent ref. 181297
17-27 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1171
Demolition of an existing outbuilding together with construction of a rear extension, 3.3 m deep and 2.85 m wide, along with associated internal alterations
20 Belle Vue Road Reading RG1 7TX
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1172
Change of use from A1 to 'Sui Generis' Nail and Beauty Salon, accommodating a training room
207 London Road Reading RG1 3NU
Received 16 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1174
Erection of two storey rear extension to form additional living area and bedroom
26-28 Southampton Street Reading
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1175
Erection of two storey rear extension to form additional living area and bedroom
26-28 Southampton Street Reading
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1176
Outline application considering access, appearance, layout and scale involving demolition of former public house (Class A4) and erection of2 x 3-storey buildings to provide in total 38 purpose-built co-living units (Sui Generis), 10 vehicle spaces, shared external communal spaceand associated works.
The Woodley Arms Ph Waldeck Street Reading RG1 2RF
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1177
Fell 1 Horse chestnut in W1 (T32 of survey) and reduce height of 1 Horse chestnut in W1 (T13 of survey) by 5m and reduce lateral growth as required to form a flowing crown line
Emmbrook Court Reading
Received 12 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1178
Conversion of dwellinghouse (use class C3) to 7 person HMO (use class Sui Generis)
105 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PT
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1179
Application discharge of condition 5 of planning permission 180691 (amended under 190198)
Green Park Village School Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6AB
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1180
Application for discharge of condition 6 of planning permission 180691 (amended under 190198)
Green Park Village School Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6AB
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1181
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 20 of application 180691 (amended under 190198)
Green Park Village School
Received 17 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1182
Erection of porch and alteration to roof of existing extension
1 Queen Street Caversham Reading RG4 7RB
Received 18 Jul 2019 - ClosedPL/19/1184
One Laurel hedge at The Fishery, The Warren
The Fishery The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TQ
Received 18 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1186
Erection of two end-terrace 4 bed dwellings following demolition of existing detached bungalow and removal of four advertising hoardings
105 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PZ
Received 18 Jul 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1259
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission ref. 180909 (One storey roof extension, part six, part nine storey side/rear extension and mews houses providing 43 new residential unitstogether with associated services enclosures, parking, and landscaping) to amend the wording of conditions 11 (hard & soft landscaping), 13 (vehicle parking), 14 (cycle parking) and 31 (boundary treatments)
Clarendon House 59-75 Queens Road Reading Berkshire RG1 4BG
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1261
Electric car parking charging points, new tactile paving, rear external ramp with metal handrail and additional security gates and fencing.
500 Brook Drive Reading RG2 6UU
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1262
Changes to existing entrance, car park and rooftop lightbox signage, new flag signage (on lighting columns) and vinyl film.
500 Brook Drive Reading RG2 6UU
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1263
Change of use from retail shops (Class A1) to restaurant and cafe (Class A3). Prior Notification under Class C, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
140-142 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JL
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1265
A phased scheme with Phase 1 comprising the demolition of the existingchurch and construction of a Health Centre Building and associated parking, access and landscaping, and Phase 2 comprising the demolitionof the church hall and two houses and the erection of a Church Centre building comprising cafe, worship Area, meeting Rooms, two one bed residential flats, and associated parking and landscaping (amended)
St Pauls Church Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PN
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1266
Discharge of conditions 3c & 3d (window and door materials), 4 (Construction Method Statement), 11 (landscaping) and 14 (biodiversityenhancements) of planning permission 180467.
12 Eldon Terrace Reading RG1 4DX
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1267
First floor rear / side extension to facilitate 1no additional self-contained flat. Resubmission of 190719
69 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PS
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1268
1 No. illuminated fascia sign and 1 No. illuminated projecting sign toKing Street elevation. 2 No. non-illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. non-illuminated projecting sign to Kings Walk elevation.
Unit 10, 19-23, Kings Walk King Street Reading Berkshire RG1 2HG
Received 2 Aug 2019
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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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