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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.
England · Local authority
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 dates14,715Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,838 approved or refused records
1,019Refused applications
8,819 approved · 1,019 refused · 1,088 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/0674
T32 Full removal
58 Bath Road Reading RG30 2AY
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0675
External fabric repair and maintenance to a listed building. Roof repair and window frame redecoration..
65-67 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AF
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0676
Single storey conservatory style extension to rear
8 Lanesborough Street Reading RG2 6BS
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0677
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 17 (Details of green/brown biodiverse roof) of application 201138
12-18 Crown Street Reading
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0679
Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) of permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024.
55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU
Received 24 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0680
Retrospective retaining rear garden structure for cat protection across all boundaries at the rear. New redesign of front drive with new retaining walls.
115 Blagdon Road Reading RG2 7NJ
Received 26 May 2024 - ClosedPL/24/0681
Front Porch
1 Kenilworth Avenue Reading RG30 3DL
Received 26 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0682
Double storey side and rear extensions, single storey rear extension, loft Conversion and tree removal.
208 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LR
Received 27 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0683
Confirmation that 83 residential units are lawful as per 150518, as these have changed use persuant to prior approval application 150161 which referred to 89 units.
St Giles House 10 Church Street Reading RG1 2SD
Received 28 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0684
Change of use from C3 dwelling house (two bedroom house) to C4 small HMO (four bedroom house, 6 people) with rear ground floor extension, replacement of window with door to back garden and removal of two chimney stacks.
8 Crescent Road Reading RG1 5SP
Received 28 May 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0758
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 8 (Environmental Noise Survey and Noise Impact Assessment) of application 201138
12-18 Crown Street Reading
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0759
Erection of rear outbuilding.
2 Brackendale Way Reading RG6 1DZ
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0760
Discharge of condition 5 (SAP) and condition 7 ( landscaping & suds) of planning permission reference 220441,.
Meadow View Blagrave Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7DX
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0762
Insertion of new double swing doors, an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM), and 2 new anti-ram raid bollards in front elevation, and new intake and extract plant louvre at the rear along with a new back-of- house extract louver.
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc 17-27 Station Road Reading RG1 1LG
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0763
1 no. facia, 2 no. projecting signs, and 1 no. ATM surround sign
The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc 17-27 Station Road Reading RG1 1LG
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0765
Roof enlargement to facilitate the insertion of 3 rear dormers, single storey rear extension, single storey side/rear infill extension to the existing HMO and the erection of an outbuilding
78 Basingstoke Road Reading
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0766
Erection of extensive extensions and alterations
Magnolia House Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EB
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0767
T2 of the TPO - ref 02 of the TCA, it was advised in the tree survey to fell the Tree.
Regency Heights Reading RG4 7RH
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0769
Single storey rear extension
38 Water Road Reading RG30 2NN
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0770
Tree of Heaven - reduce by 1m; remove dead wood
Frensham 64 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HQ
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0772
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6, 9, 10, 11, 17 and 25 of application 240063
The Hexagon Queens Walk Reading RG1 7UA
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0773
Proposed first floor front extension over the existing garage.
3 Larissa Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 6LE
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0774
Single storey side and rear extension
19 Twin Oaks Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SW
Received 16 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0776
Discharge condition 17 (Travel Plan)of application 190835
199-203 Henley Road and land to the Rear of 205-207 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ
Received 17 Jun 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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