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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 dates24,659Searchable applications
437Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 17,499 approved or refused records
1,834Refused applications
15,665 approved · 1,834 refused · 1,783 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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/21/0789
Discharge condition 12 (Noise Assessment) of planning permission 190650
Greyfriars Church Friar Street Reading RG1 1EH
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0791
Rear extension measuring 5.50m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.50m,and 2.60m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of theTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England)Order 2015
41 Curzon Street Reading RG30 1DB
Received 13 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0792
Discharge condition 10 (construction method statement) of planning permission 191848
Greyfriars Church Friar Street Reading RG1 1EH
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0793
Proposed two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and front porch
9 Canterbury Road Reading RG2 7TB
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0794
T5 Sycamore - Crown Reduce to Previous Reduction Points and Shape
Lancaster Court Newstead Rise Reading
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0795
T2 & T3 Oaks - crown lift to 3m above ground level
Flat 2, Pevensey Court Newstead Rise Reading RG2 8JX
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0796
Change of use from children's play facility (Use Class E(d)) to gymnastics gym (Use Class E(d))
Unit 7 Sterling Way Reading RG30 6HW
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0797
TVHA000264 Sycamore Unknown 15 - 20 Metres 450 - 600 mm Middle Aged Fair Crown Reduce to Previous Reduction Points and Shape. 2-2. 5m
Mullion Court Franklin Street Reading
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0799
Single storey front extension, two storey side and rear extension, garage conversion to create annex and front porch.
56 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JJ
Received 18 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0872
Single storey rear and side extension, 2 storey side extension and front porch
236 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BA
Received 26 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0873
Fell one Robina
14 Erleigh Road Reading RG1 5LH
Received 20 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0874
Various internal alterations at ground - second floor level, including: removal of remaining partitions, lifts, mechanical and electrical ducts in the ceilings, suspended ceilings, and existing toilets. The blocking up of the existing link stairs.
13 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 26 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0875
Front entrance porch extension, and amendments to fenestration with new rooflights
79 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HE
Received 26 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0876
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension and rear rooflights
43 Brock Gardens Reading RG30 2JR
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0877
First floor and single storey side extension
159 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6DN
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0878
Single storey rear, side and front extension
66 Brunel Road Reading RG30 3JL
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0879
Install Artwork on existing metal railings on a vacant site to the West of 134 Oxford Road
134 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7NL
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0880
Change of use of building Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 100 dwellings. Prior notification under class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning(General Permitted Development)Order 2015 (as amended)
Soane Point 6-8 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0882
Extending the first floor on top of the part of the existing rear extension.
10 Anglefield Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HP
Received 27 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0884
Discharge of condition 4 of planning permission 191848 (programme of archaeological work)
Greyfriars Church Friar Street Reading
Received 28 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0885
Roof alterations and external elevation works.
Alexander House 205-207 Kings Road Reading RG1 4LS
Received 28 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0888
1 X fascia sign to north elevation of school building
The Heights School Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading
Received 28 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0889
First floor side and single storey rear extensions
71a Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6LA
Received 28 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0890
Discharge of condition 40 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) of planning permission 200122, as granted on 16/12/2020.
Wensley Road Reading
Received 28 May 2021
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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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