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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 dates
24,316Searchable applications
438Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 17,185 approved or refused records
1,793Refused applications

15,392 approved · 1,793 refused · 1,765 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2011 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning 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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decision MadePL/20/0156

    Rear extension measuring 6m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.90m, and 2.50m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    46 Dawlish Road Reading RG2 7SF

    Received 30 Jan 2020
  2. Decision MadePL/20/0157

    Fell one Ash tree

    Maisonette 30 Eldon Road Reading RG1 4DL

    Received 30 Jan 2020
  3. Decision MadePL/20/0158

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 28 (site levels) of planning permission 190835

    199-203 and land to the rear of 205-207 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ

    Received 31 Jan 2020
  4. Decision MadePL/20/0159

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7 (landscaping) of planning permission ref. 190835

    199 -203 and land to the rear of 205-207 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ

    Received 31 Jan 2020
  5. Decision MadePL/20/0160

    Oak tree has grown in such a way that the over hanging branches have caused / and is still causing damage to our property. We have had damp issue in the top floor bedroom, and when insurance company came to do a site inspection they reported that the tree was contributing to the water damage which we had been experiencing. We are requesting that a site visit be made by Reading Council to determine if there is a TPO on this Oak Tree, and also we would like to do a selective branch reduction of approx 6ft off of potentially up to 10 branches.

    5 Castle Crescent Reading

    Received 31 Jan 2020
  6. Decision MadePL/20/0177

    Use of converted garage outbuilding as a residential annex (C3 use) to46 Southdown Road.

    46 Southdown Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RN

    Received 3 Feb 2020
  7. Decision MadePL/20/0178

    Conversion of existing building to four residential units (C3 dwelling houses use) together with a three storey rear extension, front and rear dormer windows and associated works

    25 South Street Reading RG1 4QU

    Received 3 Feb 2020
  8. Decision MadePL/20/0179

    Change of use from a C3 dwellinghouse to a 4 person / 4 bedroom small C4 HMO

    7 Brighton Road Reading RG6 1PS

    Received 3 Feb 2020
  9. Decision MadePL/20/0252

    Proposed ground floor windows on south elevation

    85-87 Basingstoke Road Reading

    Received 17 Feb 2020
  10. Decision MadePL/20/0253

    Two storey side extension

    4 The Horse Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TT

    Received 17 Feb 2020
  11. Decision MadePL/20/0254

    Extension to units 3 & 4 at first floor (relating to prior approval 191782)

    8 Prospect Street Reading RG1 7YG

    Received 17 Feb 2020
  12. Decision MadePL/20/0360

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 8 person / 8 bedroom Sui Generis House in Multiple Occupation

    9 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JJ

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  13. Decision MadePL/20/0361

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 9 person Sui Generis House in Multiple Occupation

    11 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JJ

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  14. Decision MadePL/20/0362

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 10person / 10 bedroom Sui Generis House in Multiple Occupation

    12 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AD

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  15. Decision MadePL/20/0363

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 9 person / 9 bedroom Sui Generis House in Multiple Occupation

    50 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7JR

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  16. Decision MadePL/20/0364

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the first and secondfloors of the property as a 5 person / 5 bedroom C4 House in Multiple Occupation

    14 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AD

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  17. Decision MadePL/20/0365

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the ground floor of the property as a 6 person / 6 bedroom C4 House in Multiple Occupation

    14a Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AD

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  18. Decision MadePL/20/0366

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 5 person / 5 bedroom C4 House in Multiple Occupation

    46 Cressingham Road, Reading, RG2 7JR

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  19. Decision MadePL/20/0367

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 6 person / 6 bedroom C4 House in Multiple Occupation

    17 Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BY

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  20. Decision MadePL/20/0368

    Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a 6 person / 6 bedroom C4 House in Multiple Occupation

    58 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PX

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  21. Decision MadePL/20/0742

    Application for removal or variation of condition 2 following grant of planning permission. (182031)

    Land Adjacent 5 Ian Mikardo Way Caversham Reading RG4 5BZ

    Received 1 Jun 2020
  22. Decision MadePL/20/0743

    TPO G2 Beech trees Our reference beech trees T88-T91. Please see attached tree work schedule which describes work and reasons for works, and tree survey plan which shows the location of trees in question

    199 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ

    Received 1 Jun 2020
  23. Decision MadePL/20/0255

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 11 of planning permission 190973.

    Kendrick Girls School 41-43 London Road Reading RG1 5BN

    Received 17 Feb 2020
  24. Decision MadePL/20/0256

    Construction of decked car park at the rear of the showroom above the existing hard surfaced car park, external alterations to the main showroom building, and associated works.

    25-27 Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0JZ

    Received 17 Feb 2020

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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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