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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 dates24,067Searchable applications
438Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 16,975 approved or refused records
1,768Refused applications
15,207 approved · 1,768 refused · 1,744 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decision MadePL/19/0588
Proposed single storey rear and side extension following demolition ofexisting conservatory and part demolition of existing garage.
56 Edenham Crescent Reading RG1 6HU
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0590
Single storey rear extension with internal alterations.
28 Coldicutt Street Caversham Reading RG4 8DU
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0591
Demolition of 2 number existing single storey buildings, removal of telecoms plant. Replacement with new single unit for B1c, B2 and B8 use classes with ancillary offices including associated service areas,car parking and landscaping. Modified access onto Wigmore Lane.
127a Loverock Road Reading RG30 1DZ
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0592
4 bedroom residential dwelling on the land to the Rear of 292 Henley Rd. Access will be provide from Maytree Walk.
292 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LS
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0593
Pine - remove one low branch growing towards property and slective branch reduction to give 2m clearance from property. [crown lifting to 5.5.m over the road if required]
2 Berkeley Avenue Reading
Received 9 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0594
Erection of an outbuilding in the back garden. Resubmission of 182258
319 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0JA
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0595
Proposed part two part single storey rear and side extension with porch.
319 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0JA
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0596
Works to W1 and G3 at Whitley Rise, overhanging and adjacent to The Palmer Academy
70 Northumberland Avenue Reading Berkshire RG2 7PP
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0599
Loft conversion including installation of a singular pitched roof dormer to the front elevation & 2No roof-lights to the rear elevation.
11 Midsummer Meadow Caversham Reading RG4 7XD
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0600
Retrospective planning permission for change of use to large HMO
1015 Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6TL
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0601
Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval 171753. Resubmission of 190052
45 Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7AW
Received 10 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0602
Change of use of part lower ground floor, part ground floor, first, second, third and loft floors from Class B1(a)(offices) to Class C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 77 dwellings (26 x studio, 49 x 1 bed, 2 x 2 bed). Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0603
Roof Extension and Loft Conversion (Previously Approved Application 06/01069/FUL/WL)
60 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JJ
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0604
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use as counselling centre
Church House 59 Church Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AX
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0605
To remove Beech tree to ground level (on The Warren boundary) and remove the deadwood from the Plane tree (on Upper Warren Av boundary).
Pantiles Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7ED
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0606
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension
24 Coniston Drive Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XS
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0607
Carry out removal of epicormic growth from trunks of 2 Lime Trees up to a height of approximately 5 metres. Required to prevent contact oftre growth with buildings.
1 Ridge Hall Close Caversham Reading RG4 7EP
Received 11 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0682
Proposed single storey rear extension
78 Radstock Road Reading RG1 3PR
Received 26 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0684
Single storey side extension and conversion of garage to games room and store.
44 Tredegar Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QF
Received 27 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0685
Extension of existing property and conversion into two 2-bed flats.
20 Coley Hill Reading
Received 27 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0687
Application to discharge condition 4 of planning application 082016
110 Chiltern Road Caversham Reading RG4 5JD
Received 27 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0688
Single storey rear extension.
14 Cranbourne Gardens Tilehurst Reading RG30 6TS
Received 28 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0689
Enforcement Expediency
6 Linden Road Reading RG2 7EQ
Received 29 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0690
Application to discharge conditions 5 & 7 of application 172325 allowed on appeal ref APP/E0345/W/18/3211966
20 Chalgrove Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SJ
Received 29 Apr 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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