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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 dates24,992Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 17,812 approved or refused records
1,873Refused applications
15,939 approved · 1,873 refused · 1,822 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/22/1023
To trim the lower branches of the oak tree as they are hanging just above the head level (2m from the ground) and obstructing passage to the rest of the garden. There are also two L shaped branches which require running (photographs attached)
4 Russet Glade Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UJ
Received 12 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1099
Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.74m, and 2.50m 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.
153 St Saviours Road Reading RG1 6EP
Received 25 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1100
Application for variation of condition 3 (approved plans) following grant of planning permission 211042 - to allow for a change in roof form of permitted single storey extension from flat to pitched roof
3 Kimberley Close Reading RG1 6LA
Received 26 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1101
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension
7 Bishops Road Reading RG6 1NP
Received 26 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1102
Single storey front, side and rear extension.
27 Haywood Way Reading RG30 4QP
Received 26 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1103
Repairs, reinstatement and redecoration of a public house.
The Horn Ph St Marys Butts Reading RG1 2LS
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1104
Discharge of condition 10a (land gas site investigation) of planning permission 200188, as allowed on appeal (Ref: APP/E0345/W/21/3276463) on 17/03/2022.
55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1105
Partial discharge of condition 11 (archaeological evaluation) of planning permission 200188, as allowed on appeal (Ref: APP/E0345/W/21/3276463) on 17/03/2022.
55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1107
External repair and decoration works, including exposure of external brickwork, new signage to shop, removal of redundant fixtures and replacement of existing windows to upper storeys.
84 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7LJ
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1108
Application for part discharge of condition 26 - (Employment Skills and Training Plan for end user skills) of application 201735
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Palmer Park Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LF
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1109
Replace roof 'like for like'- including handmade clay tiles (identical to existing), and install natural, breathable insulation in between the rafters of the attic
Old Grove House St Barnabas Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RA
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1110
Proposed use of Unit 2 and Unit 6 as a foodstore (Class E) including rear extension, revised servicing arrangements, new shop front, trolley bay and covered cycle storage; and associated works
Reading Retail Park Oxford Road Reading
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1111
Discharge of condition 51(i) (final design stage BREEAM assessments inrelation to (a) Retail - Shop; b) Education - Pre-School; c) Retail- Cafe)) of planning permission 170509, as granted 10/10/2018.
Former Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1112
2 storey side and rear extension to existing semi detached dwelling with loft conversion.
122 Park Lane Tilehurst Reading RG31 4DU
Received 27 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1114
Removal of timber extension to rear of no.3 Craven Road and replacement with brick extension. Removal of lean-to extension to rearof no.3 Craven Road and construction of external storage area. Removalof escape stair to rear of no.5 Craven Road. Revised fenestration to link building. (Amended Description)
3 Craven Road Reading RG1 5LE
Received 28 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1115
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed rear dormer and two front roof lights
15 Dorothy Street Reading RG1 2NL
Received 28 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1116
Listed Building consent for cleaning The Bath stone part of the facadeand small repairs to spalling to small areas together with painting the main entrance door
Clipper House 62-66 London Street Reading RG1 4SQ
Received 28 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1118
Replacement of existing single storey conservatory with brick single story extension of the same size and footprint.
28 South View Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 5AJ
Received 29 Jul 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1194
Application for Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) relating to the planning permission 200853.
7 Bridge Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AA
Received 11 Aug 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1196
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 (hard and soft landscaping) of application 201876
Blewgarth The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TH
Received 11 Aug 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1197
New shopfront and signage to front elevation and internal refurbishment
31 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 11 Aug 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1199
Proposed two storey rear extension
54 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BU
Received 12 Aug 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1200
Garage conversion with first floor extension above, two storey side extension, part two storey and single storey rear extension
122 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NB
Received 12 Aug 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/1201
Rear extension measuring 8.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.80m, and 2.50m 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.
122 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NB
Received 11 Aug 2022
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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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