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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15,665 approved · 1,834 refused · 1,783 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/21/0891
Proposed rear dormers with the roof light and front dormers with associated internal alterations
4 Regent Court Reading RG1 7HW
Received 30 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0892
Single storey front extension
11 Norman Road Caversham Reading RG4 5JN
Received 30 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0893
Works to several TPO trees
1 The Huntley Carmelite Drive Reading RG30 2SB
Received 31 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0894
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (Design Stage SAP) and 9 (External Lighting) of application 190040
Gardeners Arms Ph 48 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8NA
Received 31 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0895
Rear extension measuring 6.00m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.80m, and 2.80m 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
11 Buckland Road Reading RG2 7ST
Received 1 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0969
Single storey side and rear extensions and conversion of single dwelling into 1 x 3 bedroom and 1 x 1 bedroom self-contained flats (C3use)
97 St Saviours Road Reading RG1 6EJ
Received 13 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0970
Prune T1 Sweet Chestnut, T2 Blue Atlas Cedar & T3 Indian Chestnut
6 Wychcotes Caversham Reading RG4 7DA
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0977
Erection of dwelling (C3 use)
65 Kiln Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UE
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0978
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Noise Impact Assessment) of application 210287
10-12 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7LA
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1276
Erection of building to provide ground floor retail unit (Class E) with 4 residential flats above (Class C3)
Land Adjacent 114-116 School Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5AX
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1277
2 No. internally illuminated fascia sign on rails, 2 No. internally illuminated on fascia, 2 No. internally hung signs, 1 No. Vinyl sign externally illuminated on the existing totem
Granby Tavern Ph 120 London Road Reading RG1 5AY
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1278
Minor Amendment of condition 34 of planning permission 201734 to require the submission and approval of the end user skills plan prior to occupation
Rivermead Leisure Complex Richfield Avenue Reading RG1 8EQ
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1279
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 2 and 6 of application 190609
10 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BU
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1280
Fell one Eucalyptus (renewal of 190804)
5 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NJ
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1281
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 13 (Piling Method) of Application 201734
Rivermead Leisure Complex Richfield Avenue Reading RG1 8EQ
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1282
Discharge of condition 12 (Contaminated Land Validation Report) of planning permission 180798
Land Adjacent 94 George Street Reading RG1 7NT
Received 4 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1355
Carry out works to 1x mature Douglas Fir tree as per the enclosed report
50 Knights Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RH
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1357
Discharge of conditions 4b) (roof details), 4c) (window details), 4d) (door details), 4e) (rooflight details), 5 (construction method statement), 7 (bin details), 10 (SAP assessment), 13 (landscaping) and14 (biodiversity enhancements) of planning permission 200973
12 Eldon Terrace Reading RG1 4DX
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1358
T15 (Douglas Fir) Lift Lower Canopy by 2 meters. T14 (Douglas Fir) Remove storm damaged limb-stub back to trunk which has previously ripped off approximately 1 metre from the trunk (located to the rear of the tree. Also lift lower canopy by 2 meters. All over reduction on both trees by approximately 10% which is approximately 1-1.5 metres
2 Scholars Close Caversham Reading RG4 7DN
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1359
Remove conservatory and replace with single storey rear extension
37 Talfourd Avenue Reading RG6 7BP
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0981
Retrospective application for internal works to a listed building
75 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XY
Received 15 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0982
Retrospective application for internal works to a listed building
75 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XY
Received 15 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0983
Erection of timber-framed eco-classroom
The Wren School 61-63 Bath Road Reading RG30 2BB
Received 15 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0986
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed rear dormer, one front rooflight, and removal of a chimney
1 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SY
Received 16 Jun 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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