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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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15,875 approved · 1,866 refused · 1,815 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/21/1837
Various elevational alterations including replacement of fire doors with windows
Rose Kiln Court Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0HP
Received 11 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1838
T2 Pear - Crown reduce by approximately 20% of leaf area. T4 Bay - Reduce in height by approximately 2m and trim/reduce sides to shape. T7 Ash - Remove the lowest limb growing over the garden.
17 Alexandra Road Reading RG1 5PE
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1840
A single storey side extension with internal alterations.
2 The Ridgeway Caversham Reading RG4 8NX
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1841
Ash T6 - To remove lower right hand branches oak T7 - To remove overhanging branches to adjacent property
10 Barbrook Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RT
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1842
Outline application for proposed new dwelling (access, layout and scale only)
25 Hewett Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EA
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1843
Outline planning application, with matters reserved in respect of Appearance, for demolition of the existing clubhouse and the erection of a new residential scheme (c3 use to include affordable housing) andpublic open space at the former reading golf club
Reading Golf Club Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SQ
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1844
Non-Material Amendment to amend condition 2 (approved plans/ details) of planning permission 210935 to allow the change of proposed materials from Hardie Plank VL, chestnut brown to Hardie Plank Lap, chestnut brown
Mayer House Chatham Place Reading
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1845
Discharge of condition 4 of planning permission 201420
45 Caversham Road Reading
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1846
Fell one Oak tree at Pepper Lane entrance
Leighton Park School Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7ED
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1847
Single storey rear conservatory extension and formation of a balcony roof terrace over existing flat roof extension
87a Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6DS
Received 12 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1849
Single storey rear and side extension.
11 Hogarth Avenue Reading RG30 4QW
Received 13 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1850
Proposed single storey rear extension, side window alerations, Creation of addtional permeable hard standing in front garden
84 Bulmershe Road Reading RG1 5RJ
Received 14 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1851
Monolith one Ash (fell) and remove crown from one Oak
Bramley Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7ED
Received 14 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1852
Construction of two-storey extension which replaces existing part one / part two-storey portion of the house. Construction of a loft room dormer extension and the replacement of the boundary wall fronting the street and public footpath.
2 Sidmouth Street Reading RG1 4QY
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1853
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Scheduleof Materials) and 6 (Scheme of hard and soft landscaping) of application 210146
11 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PW
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1854
Oak Tree - T2 of TPO 51/13 pruning and crown lift
2 Sovereign Park Westwood Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5PD
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1855
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Conversion of loft space to form habitable room, incorporating rear dormer window and 1No. Velux
5 Washington Road Caversham Reading RG4 5AA
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1856
GC010076 Plane - Crown Lift Over Footpath 2.5m, 5.2m Over Road. - GC010079 - London Plane Crown Lift Over Footpath 2.5m, 5.2m Over Road.
Parkside House Nursing Home Parkside Road Reading RG30 2DB
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1857
Retention of two containerised buildings to provide laboratory facilities
Reading Sewage Treatment Works Island Road Reading RG2 0RP
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1932
Outline application for the demolition of existing retail units and ancillary buildings and redevelopment to provide ground floor retail uses with ancillary office space, and 12 dwellings (Class C3) on the upper floors (Landscaping reserved for future consideration).
142 Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PP
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1933
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.8m,and 3.m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
5 Kings Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DS
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1934
Single storey front and rear extensions with new flat roof over existing garage/study
71 Hildens Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HZ
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1935
T13 - cedar prune all overhanging branches to 1m from boundary to Improve light in garden. T. 15 - tree of heaven to have one lowest branch removed to improve light
68 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HQ
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1936
Use as a large house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis)
58 Erleigh Road Reading RG1 5NH
Received 30 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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