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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 dates24,932Searchable applications
440Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 17,741 approved or refused records
1,866Refused applications
15,875 approved · 1,866 refused · 1,815 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 2010 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1662
Change of use from C3 to C4 to change an existing 4/5 bedroom house to a six bedroom HMO with ensuites without complying with condition 4 of planning permission 141428 (restriction on parking permits)
44 College Road Reading RG6 1QB
Received 6 Oct 2021 - ClosedPL/21/1663
Creation of access with a dropped kerb
18 Whitley Wood Road Reading RG2 8JA
Received 6 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1664
Demolition of existing ground and first floor additions and erection of a replacement rear extension at basement and ground floor level andassociated works, all associated with Class E use (amended description).
13 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1665
Various internal and external works associated with the demolition of existing ground and first floor additions and erection of a replacement rear extension at basement and ground floor level and associated works (amended description).
13 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1666
Use as a 5 bed, 6 person occupancy, house in multiple occupation (Class C4), and erection of rear conservatory
4 Ivanhoe Close Reading RG30 2GS
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1667
Retrospective application for the erection of a 4 bedroom two storey detached house at land off Venetia Close, pursuant to APP/E0345/W/16/3143453 with altered boundary, access arrangements and dwelling design
Land off Venetia Close (rear garden of 49 Kiln Road) Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UG
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1740
Non-Material Amendment to application 210710 - raise flat roof to rear extension
49 Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JU
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1742
Change of use of cafe used by existing C1 serviced apartment residentsto Class E(b) sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises (no cooking proposed) by members of the public
12-18 Crown Street Reading
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1743
Projection sign
12-18 Crown Street Reading
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1744
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 8 (CMS) and 9 (noise and dust) of planning permission 171458/FUL
28 Eskin Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4DU
Received 24 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1745
Single storey rear extension with Ultraframe 380 replica tiled roof and 2no double glazed roof panels.
55 Woolhampton Way Reading RG2 0WZ
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1746
Conversion of a single garage for habitable use.
2 Chudleigh Gardens Reading RG2 7RH
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1747
Two temporary classrooms in school car park
Cranbury College Cranbury Road Reading RG30 2TS
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1748
Garage Conversion
10 Coley Hill Reading RG1 6AE
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1749
Two story and first floor side extensions and single story rear extension (amended description).
477a Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0JG
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1750
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 23 (BREEAM) of permission 162219.
1 Shinfield Road Reading
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1751
Fell Douglas Fir/Norway Spruce.
Roman Catholic Church Of The English Martyrs Liebenrood Road Reading RG30 2EB
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1752
Demolition and rebuild of the existing single storey rear extension.
53 Birdhill Avenue Reading RG2 7JU
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1753
Demolition of existing garage and store and erection of two storey side/rear extension, single storey rear extension, and an internal refurbishment.
36 Prospect Street Reading RG1 7YG
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1760
Two storey and single storey rear and side extension with flat roof rear dormer
153 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HG
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1761
Erection of a new perimeter fencing and sliding gate on the southern boundary, installation of new permeable hardstanding (above existing concrete hardstanding) and kerbing within the curtilage of industrial premises and installation of the proposed French drain to perimeter, catch pit and petrol interceptor and associated works in connection with existing car parking and storage use
Unit 6 Meadow Road Reading RG1 8LB
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1762
Conversion of dwelling into a Sui Generis 8 bed HMO, single storey rear extension and loft conversion with rear dormer window and recessed juliet balcony. Demolition of existing double garage and provision of cycle storage area and bins store (part retrospective)
135 Norcot Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BS
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1763
Proposed part 2 storey and single storey rear extensions following demolition of existing
2 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PN
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1836
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Loft conversion including 1No pitched roof side dormer, 1No pitched roof rear dormer and 2No roof- lights
65 Balmore Drive Caversham Reading RG4 8NN
Received 11 Nov 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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