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Reading Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates14,702Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,826 approved or refused records
1,019Refused applications
8,807 approved · 1,019 refused · 1,088 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/24/0566
Application for approval of details reserved by Conditions 13 and 14 -Contamination and remediation strategy - of application 211739
2 Send Road Caversham Reading RG4 8EH
Received 30 Apr 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0567
Proposed single and double storey extension
8 Avebury Square Reading RG1 5JH
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0568
Loft Conversion and dormer.
184 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JU
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0569
Change of use of 1st Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
74 School Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BN
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0571
Change of use of 1st Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwellinghouses). Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
89-91 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HA
Received 1 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0573
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 06 - (Acoustic report) of application 211063
Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel South Street Reading
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0574
Demolition of existing car wash and jet wash bay and a new extension to the existing sales building, new bin store and associated forecourtworks
Morrisons Petrol Station, Wm Morrison Plc Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HB
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0575
Rear extension measuring 4m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.7m, and 3.5m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction ofan extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
60 Ringwood Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6TX
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0579
Proposed 2 bedroom end terrace house.
262 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BB
Received 2 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0580
Discharge of condition 49(k)(Phase 3 - Block W1 dwelling emission rates) of planning permission 170509 (wording of condition 49 altered by non-material amendment application 221076 on 30/08/2022)
Former Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0581
Single storey rear extension
50 Cardiff Road Reading RG1 8EP
Received 3 May 2024 - ClosedPL/24/0585
Single storey rear extension
112 Blenheim Road Caversham Reading RG4 7RR
Received 6 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0586
New Garage
6 Birchwood Close Caversham Reading RG4 8XR
Received 6 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0587
Non-Material Amendment to application APP/EO345/D/12/2175796 11/01966/FUL permitted under appeal for changes to fenestration.
8 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LY
Received 6 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0662
Prune 2 trees
1 South Street Reading RG1 4QP
Received 22 May 2024 - ClosedPL/24/0663
Loft conversion with dormer to rear.
5 Elm Park Road Reading RG30 2TP
Received 22 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0664
New UPVC conservatory with full height frames and blue solar glass UPVC roof
1 Hirstwood Tilehurst Reading RG30 6NF
Received 22 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0665
This birch (TR1) tree is too close to the property for its size. We would like to remove it entirely (felling and stump removal). The 3 other birch trees in the garden will remain. Following a previous application we had it pruned, however problems persist. During strong winds branches are in danger of hitting the house. We recently had to have all of the drains relaid due to root penetration from the tree. And during that discovered they are also penetrating the house wall. We have had landscaping designs (included) done, and plan to undertake this in a few years. However the condition of the tree means I would like to remove it sooner. We will be replanting
10 Alexandra Road Reading RG1 5PD
Received 23 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0666
Cut fallen Cypress back to fence line. Lift all remaining beech and Cypress trees overhanging the garden of 3 Larkswood Close back to the fence line to give a clearance of up to 4 metres from ground level.
62 Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JY
Received 23 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0667
Minor amendment to site boundary (reduction in area) and condition 4 (approved plans) of planning permission 161507/OUT for the “Demolitionof 4 existing dwelling houses 2,4,6 Water Road and 158 Dee Road and erection of 6 no.4 bedroom and 5 no. 3 bedroom dwellings and car parking. Landscaping a reserved matter”.
2-6 Water Road and 158 Dee Road Reading RG30 2NN
Received 23 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0668
Single Storey Rear Extension
Bishops Cottage Park House Lane Reading RG30 2AH
Received 23 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0671
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof and Velux roof lights, part garage conversion.
21 Morecambe Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7NL
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0672
Proposed alterations and extension to the existing restaurant (Spitiko Greek Restaurant) to increase the seating capacity by the re use of the first floor area, the extension of the kitchen on the ground floor, and the construction of enlarged toilet facilities above, and the formation of a new window opening to the front elevation, first floor.
6 Prospect Street Caversham Reading RG4 8JG
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0673
Proposed hip to gable loft conversion with flat roof dormer and 3no. velux roof lights.
196 Kentwood Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 6DL
Received 24 May 2024
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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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