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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates23,945Searchable applications
438Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,882 approved or refused records
1,757Refused applications
15,125 approved · 1,757 refused · 1,736 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/19/0207
Discharge of condition 4 of planning permission 172014
18 Woods Road Caversham Reading RG4 6NA
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0208
Single storey rear flat roof extension
1 Heron Island Caversham Reading RG4 8DQ
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0209
T1 - Sycamore (T4 of TPO) - thin crown by 30 percent.
42 Bath Road Reading RG1 6PG
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0210
Rear extension (above basement)
30 Alpine Street Reading RG1 2QA
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0211
reduce one Irish Yew to 7 feet
St Peters Church Church Road Caversham Reading RG4 7AD
Received 6 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0212
First floor rear extension (resubmission of 180057/HOU)
12 Lower Armour Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HH
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0213
Change of use from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwellinghouses) to comprise 1 x 2 bed dwelling. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
16a Bridge Street Caversham Reading
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0214
T4983 - BIRCH - Located in front garden area - Low over footpath - T4 & T7 - Would like to crown lift to 2.5m to provide clearance to footpath.
Crossway Point Norwood Road Reading
Received 7 Feb 2019 - ValidPL/19/0215
Creation of additional forth flat via conversion of ground floor into x2 1-bed flats rather than the existing x1 2-bed.
13 Western Elms Avenue Reading
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0216
Non-Material Amendments to permission 150063 [First floor side and rear and part two storey rear extension] to omit part of the ground floor extension but retain an approved balcony above.
179 Peppard Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TS
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0217
Use of dwelling as a C4 Small Home in Multiple Occupation (maximum of 6 persons at any one time)
48 Donnington Road Reading RG1 5ND
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0218
Existing use as 2 No. Flats
30 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PX
Received 7 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0221
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 19 (Dwelling emissions) of application 151175
Elvian School 61 Bath Road Reading RG30 2BB
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0222
Rear extension measuring 4.2m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m,and 3.0m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction ofan extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
74 Grasmere Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XX
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0223
Non-material amendment to planning consent 120977 for the increase in height and thickness of the glass balustrades on the terraces of levels 5 and 7 of 4 Greyfriars Road (Central Studios).
Central Studios 4 Greyfriars Road Reading
Received 8 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0296
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey side and rear extension
22 Collis Street Reading RG2 0AE
Received 20 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0297
Group of mixed trees causing issues with leaves and branches falling onto washed sand area. Trees to be straight felled.
Fobney Lock Island Road Reading
Received 20 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0298
Non-material amendment to planning permission 160456 to include loft conversion and rear dormer
87 Thirlmere Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XH
Received 13 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0300
Non-material amendment to permitted application 180556 (demolition of existing single storey extension to school building and replacement with new single storey extension) to change a window in the south elevation to a door in order to comply with fire safety requirements.
Caversham Primary School Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7RA
Received 20 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0302
Rear conservatory
61 Recreation Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4UB
Received 20 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0303
Dropped kerb and vehicle crossing, and front porch
6 Linden Road Reading RG2 7EQ
Received 20 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0306
Conversion of advice centre to a two bedroom apartment
Jimmy Green Court 52 Coronation Square Reading RG30 3QN
Received 21 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0307
Replacement of 3 x internal ATMs and 1 x external ATM. Minor internal and external works also required to facilitate the replacement of the ATMs.
65-67 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AF
Received 21 Feb 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0308
Landscape improvement works
Land off Rushley Way and Whale Avenue Reading RG2 0GX
Received 21 Feb 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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