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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 dates24,717Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 17,560 approved or refused records
1,844Refused applications
15,716 approved · 1,844 refused · 1,786 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/21/1165
Oak (T1) - 2m Reduction of Overextended Branches & Reshape Remaining Canopy. Raise Canopy Over Road & Footpath to 5.5m
59 Matlock Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BP
Received 13 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1166
Front of and Side of Building T1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 - The trees require pruning as specified, in order to give clearance to the building and to achieve the statutory height clearance over the adjacent bus lane/highway.
Apex Plaza Forbury Road Reading
Received 13 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1167
2 no. internally illuminated Brand Logo signs and 1 no. internally illuminated Totem sign
UPS Unit A Island Road Reading RG2 0RP
Received 14 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1169
Approval of conditions 12, 13 and 15 of planning permission 180148
114 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3AF
Received 14 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1171
Retrospective change of use from a two storey side and single storey rear extension to a two bedroom attached dwelling and repositioned entrance door.
36a Mill Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DP
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1172
Single storey side extension and associated works.
46 Drayton Road Reading RG30 2PH
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1173
Prune one tree overhanging from 9 Eldon Square
9 Eldon Square Reading RG1 4DP
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1174
Upgrade of existing telecommunications base station. Removal of 9no existing antennas, 1no 600mm dish, 1no 300mm dish and outdoor equipment cabinets to be replaced with 6no new antennas and 3no 600mm dishes internal upgrade of existing equipment cabin and associated ancillary works thereto (Amended Description).
Site At Riversley Court 205 Wensley Road Reading
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1176
Single storey side extension
51 Westwood Glen Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NW
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1177
Change of use of basement, ground floor, 1st floor, podium, 2nd floor 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th floors from Class B1(a)(offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 48 Dwellings. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
Fountain House 2 Queens Walk Reading RG1 7QF
Received 15 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1178
Single storey front, side and rear extensions
25 Berrylands Road Caversham Reading RG4 8NU
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1179
Reduce lime canopy back to old pruning points therefore reducing the crown by approximately 6 m .
16 Lancaster Close Reading RG1 5HB
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1181
Single storey front extension.
31 Kingsgate Street Reading RG1 3JR
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1182
Conversion of existing garage to Change the existing flat roof to a pitch roof, relocate windows and add a bay window on the front building.
60 Beecham Road Reading
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1183
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed loft conversion with hip-to- gable roof alteration, rear dormer, 2 front rooflights, and one side window
158 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6DJ
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1184
Outline application considering appearance, layout and scale for the construction of a two storey building for 1 x 1, 1 x 2 and 1 x 3 bedroom flats with a mansard roof on land to the rear of 5 Stoneham Close
5 Stoneham Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HB
Received 16 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1185
Single Storey rear and side extensions and Minor alterations to first floor
22 Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BA
Received 17 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1259
Clipping 2 Yew and 1 Holly to the level of the pollard knuckle of the Lime tree at left side. See attached Photos
47 Church Road Caversham Reading RG4 7AG
Received 2 Aug 2021 - ClosedPL/21/1260
Application for variation of condition 6 (Opening Hours) following grant of planning permission. (application reference 152018)
133 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LW
Received 2 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1261
Change of use of Soane Point from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 93 Dwellings. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Soane Point 6-8 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 30 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1262
Application for approval of details reserved by condition Condition 18- Hard and Soft Landscaping - of Planning Permission ref. 191848
Greyfriars Church Friar Street Reading
Received 3 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1263
Change of use of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 12 Flats. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
2 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AD
Received 30 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1264
Confirmation of compliance with conditions attached to 151173
Government Buildings, Coley Park Wensley Road Reading
Received 2 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1265
Works to T1 x Norway Spruce, T2 x Eucalyptus - crown reduce, T3 x Hollies
39 London Road Reading RG1 5BL
Received 30 Jul 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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