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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 dates24,190Searchable applications
438Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 17,078 approved or refused records
1,781Refused applications
15,297 approved · 1,781 refused · 1,750 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- Decision MadePL/19/1742
Revisions to 181239 LBC (Change of use from office to 5x1 bed flats, ground floor enlargement to rear and rooflight) namely to incorporate enlargement of front and rear lightwells; addition of window (to matchexisting) at front light well, addition of conservation roof lights totop floors and rear extension, and internal amendments.
36 Queens Road Reading
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1743
Display of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage
St Marys Church House Chain Street Reading RG1 2HX
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1744
Display of various illuminated and non-illuminated signage
St Marys Church House Chain Street Reading RG1 2HX
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1745
Part two part single storey storey rear extension following demolitionof existing single storey rear extension and roof extension incorporating increase in ridge height
59 Watlington Street Reading RG1 4RF
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1746
G1 - Lime trees - approx 40m strip to the side of Milman Rd - Reduce back overhang by up to 3m from 71 Milman Rd all the way past New ChristChurch Primary School
Nimrod Industrial Estate Nimrod Way Reading
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1749
Change of use of a former guest house (C1) to an 8-bedroom, 8 person house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis).
152 Caversham Road Reading RG1 8AZ
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1750
Illuminated sign above main building entrance.
Former Private Car Park East Street Reading RG1 4ET
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1751
Additional storey to existing single-storey extension
51 Kendrick Road Reading RG1 5EA
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1752
Non-illuminated sign on southern elevation of building.
Former Private Car Park East Street Reading RG1 4ET
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1753
Proposed Single storey rear extension and a loft conversion.
77 Norfolk Road Reading RG30 2EG
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1754
Proposed demolition of existing redundant garage workshop and residence to its rear and replacement with an infill 2-storey development providing 2 No three bedroom dwellings.
76a Queens Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DL
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1755
Change of use of ground floor to Class A3 cafe/restaurant. Changes to shop front and kitchen extract equipment on rear flat roof.
60 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AZ
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1756
Non material amendment to planning permission 162366 for the addition of a basement, two proposed light wells at the front of the property, rear light well with stepped access and alterations of proposed windows
Land adjacent to the Horncastle 208 Bath Road Reading RG30 2HJ
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1757
Two storey side/rear extensions and single storey front entrance porch, loft conversion with new dormer window and two Velux windows
10 Pegs Green Close Reading RG30 2NH
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1758
T7 London Plane - Sever ivy and remove around stem to a height of 1m. Reduce canopy back to previous pruning cuts taking care not to damage any pollard knuckles (approximately 6-8m). Reduce epicormic growth on main stem back to trunk; T8 Lime - Remove epicormic growth on lower trunk and base with hand tools. Re-pollard, reducing canopy back to previous pruning cuts taking care not to damage any pollard knuckles (approximately 6-7m).
Kendrick Girls School 41-43 London Road Reading RG1 5BN
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1759
Demolition of existing garages and erection of 2 x two bedroom and 1 x one bedroom terraced houses with associated amenity space and vehicular access to a parking area without complying with condition 2 (Approved Plans) of listed building consent ref.180275 to add 4 roof lights to the front (north elevation roof) of the terrace of houses and 2 additional roof lights and 3 additional dormer roof extensions to the rear (south elevation roof) of the terrace of houses
17 Eldon Square Reading RG1 4DP
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1760
would like two trees to be pruned at the back of the building in the garden as over hanging neighbouring gardens
Parkside House Nursing Home Parkside Road Reading RG30 2DB
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1761
Works to a Sycmore within G1
18 Picton Way Caversham Reading RG4 8NJ
Received 7 Oct 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1762
Works to crown lift a Copper Beech, remove deadwood & fell dead trees
Reading National Spiritualist Church 81 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XY
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1763
Various works
University Of Reading London Road Reading RG1 5AQ
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1836
Lime - reduce 2 large stems growing towards the house by up to 2m; prune to give 1m clearnace from telephone wire; crown lift to 5.5m over the road; remove dead wood and snags; sever Ivy.
25 Eastern Avenue Reading
Received 15 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1837
Installation of 20m monopole and ancillary equipment
Site Adjacent Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints 280 The Meadway Tilehurst Reading RG30 4PE
Received 15 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1839
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of new first floor rear extension.
17 Thicket Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4TY
Received 15 Nov 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/1840
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 16 (remediation scheme) of application 150890
Unit 1, Barnat Works 1a Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JJ
Received 15 Nov 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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