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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 dates24,825Searchable applications
431Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 17,660 approved or refused records
1,856Refused applications
15,804 approved · 1,856 refused · 1,800 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/0597
Application for prior notification of proposed development by telecommunications code systems operators for the erection of a 15m monopole with ground-based cabinets and ancillary development.
Site Adjacent 287 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1AU
Received 16 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0598
Three storey rear extension to allow for three residential flats. Existing shop space retained.
33 Prospect Street Reading RG4 8JB
Received 16 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0599
Two storey side extension
27 Rotherfield Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8PJ
Received 18 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0600
Proposed Single storey rear extension and Internal modifications.
52 Blagdon Road Reading RG2 7NP
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0601
Canopy over garage, front porch reduced with window positions revised, painted render finish to first floor and front dormers re- built, rear conservatory re-built.
134 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NB
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0602
The 2 Conifers located in the car park at the rear of the property need to be pruned back to stop the overgrowing onto the properties next door.
130 Castle Hill Reading
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0603
Yew. Veteran tree of great merit a. Eastern lateral profile has some partial failures. Reduce by up to 2m on eastern aspect, targeting suitable secondary growth points
Kentwood House Kentwood Hill Tilehurst Reading
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0605
Fell one Willow in rear garden
45 Hamilton Road Reading
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0606
Fell three Ash trees
The Beeches Boundary Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7TD
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0680
Proposed modification to front drive
1 Oak Tree Copse Tilehurst Reading RG31 6PX
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0681
Various external alterations including replacement shop front
1 The Triangle Tilehurst Reading RG30 4RW
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0682
Display of internally illuminated fascia and projecting signs
1 The Triangle Tilehurst Reading RG30 4RW
Received 30 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0971
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 42 (noise attentuation) of application 201536
Station Hill Plot F and Land North Of Garrard Street Reading
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0972
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 42 of application 201532
Plot E and Land at Friar Street Garrard Street Station Hill Reading
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0974
Single storey rear extension to replace existing rear extension
44 Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RY
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0975
Demolition of no.s 205 to 213 Henley Road and rear gardens of no.s 205-219 Henley Road and erection of 2 retirement living apartment blocks (C3 use) comprising a mixture of 60no. 1 & 2 bedrooms with several communal spaces such as lounges, terraces, external gardens and associated access from the adjacent development on Henley Road, car parking and landscaping
205-213 And Land To The Rear Of 215-219 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0976
Application for variation of condition 5 following grant of planning permission 171683 (amended description).
73 Queensway Caversham Reading RG4 6SJ
Received 14 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0684
Loft conversion including rear facing dormer window, and single storey rear extension
100 Winton Road Reading RG2 8HL
Received 1 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0686
First floor extensions including front and rear dormers, front porch extension and associated works (part retrospective) (Amended Description)
51 Kendrick Road Reading RG1 5EA
Received 3 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0687
Pitching a roof on an existing rear ground floor extension.
15 Eskin Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4DT
Received 3 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0688
Retrospective application of 4No. internally LED illuminated digitally printed (blockout) slimline flexface boxes and 1No. large orange vinyl window graphic
Unit 1 Proctor End North Reading RG2 0GG
Received 4 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0689
Replace roof covering (slates) with like for like to include new felt and battens
8 The Brookmill Reading RG1 6DD
Received 4 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0690
External alterations including new glazing, creation of children's play area, bin store and plant compound
Gillette Way Reading RG2 0BS
Received 4 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0691
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed rear dormer roof conversion including juliet balcony and three roof lights to the front roof slope
28 Blenheim Road Caversham Reading RG4 7RS
Received 4 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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