Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,736 approved · 1,011 refused · 1,077 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2017 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
2 Alpine Street Reading RG1 2QA
Received 8 Sept 2023266-268 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1AD
Received 8 Sept 2023Site Adjacent 43 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JE
Received 8 Sept 20233 Tyberton Place Reading RG1 6ES
Received 9 Sept 20233 Tyberton Place Reading RG1 6ES
Received 9 Sept 2023235 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ
Received 9 Sept 2023279 Norcot Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6AF
Received 9 Sept 202362 Audley Street Reading RG30 1BS
Received 10 Sept 202375 Chazey Road Caversham Reading RG4 7DU
Received 10 Sept 202323 Fraser Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 6RT
Received 11 Sept 2023Yew Tree Lodge 17-19 Redlands Road Reading RG1 5HP
Received 11 Sept 2023Yew Tree Lodge 17-19 Redlands Road Reading RG1 5HP
Received 11 Sept 202317 Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SQ
Received 3 Nov 20239 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PW
Received 3 Nov 202324 Ibstock Close Reading RG30 2NU
Received 3 Nov 2023196 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JU
Received 5 Nov 20239 Denmark Road Reading RG1 5PA
Received 6 Nov 2023The College Arms Ph 128 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JL
Received 6 Nov 2023194 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2QG
Received 6 Nov 202349 Gratwicke Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4TU
Received 6 Nov 2023103 Dee Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4FS
Received 26 Sept 2023103 Dee Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4FS
Received 26 Sept 2023103 Dee Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4FS
Received 26 Sept 2023103 Dee Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4FS
Received 26 Sept 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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