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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 dates14,737Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,851 approved or refused records
1,021Refused applications
8,830 approved · 1,021 refused · 1,091 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/0777
Revised Proposals for the Single storey side extension with part double and part single storey rear extensions, new dormer to front elevation. (Revised proposals to 1st floor following approval of planning applications referenced 200899 & 211905)
557 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0SH
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0778
Works to T.1 Holm Oak and T.2 Sycamore
35 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NH
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0779
Proposed hip-to-gable loft conversion with a flat roof rear dormer as shown on the attached drawings.
16 Bramble Crescent Tilehurst Reading RG30 4TX
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0780
T1 Cedar reduce in height by approximately 6m to approximately 1m below bifurcation union.; remove one low branch & crown lift to 0.5m above fence height
1 Launceston Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 6SW
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0781
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition OPP 27 (Ground Investigation Report) of application 201537
Station Hill North, Reading
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0854
Erection of single-storey extension to the rear and side of 44 Brockley Close
44 Brockley Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4YP
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0856
1x Portuguese laurel - fell to ground level 1x Norway maple - Crown reduce by removing between 1.5-2m from the height and between 1-1.5m from the sides
Flat 4 12 Carey Street Reading RG1 7JS
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0857
Installation Of Roof Mounted Solar PV Panels
27 Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0JZ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0858
Conversion of from Class E office to 1no flat C3 to rear of ground floor area
74 School Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BN
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0859
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 14 (External Lighting) of application 201138
12-18 Crown Street Reading
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0860
Proposed two storey side extension, facade alterations, floor plan redesign and all other associated works.
18 Wrenfield Drive Reading RG4 7QE
Received 6 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0861
Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of a replacement outbuilding
71 Peppard Road Reading RG4 8NH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0863
Loft conversion to include rear dormer for bedroom and bathroom.
11 Anglefield Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HP
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0864
Discharge of condition 7 (roof photovoltaics) of planning permission reference 230587
163 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HG
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0865
T1 Sycamore - Removal of deadwood and reduce canopy by 2m in height toreduce risk of limb failure due to signs of dieback throughout canopy
4a The Mount Caversham Reading RG4 7RU
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0866
Conversion of from Class E office to 2no flats C3 to first floor areas
74 School Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BN
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0867
Change of Use from F1 to C3 and 2 Proposed Residential Buildings. Following Demolition of Existing Religious Building
Sikh Temple 30a Cumberland Road Reading RG1 3LB
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0868
Structural and fabric improvement following a Structural Engineer's surveys and following recent damage.
Reading Cemetery, Cemetery Arch London Road Reading RG1 3AQ
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0869
Proposal for conversion of garage into habitable space, to be used as study room.
63 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7RX
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0870
New two storey side extension to existing detached house. Replacement of existing single storey attached garage in poor condition.
1 Briar Close Caversham Reading RG4 7QH
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0871
2x Fraxinus excelsior and 2x Alinanthus altissima - crown lift to 6m over highway, and remove branches affecting phone lines giving 1m clearance. Removal of deadwood with diameter greater than 50mm.
Prince Of Wales Ph 76 Prospect Street Caversham Reading RG4 8JN
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0872
Non-material amendments to permission 231673 (granted on 27/03/2024) to alter the wording of Conditions 2 (approved plans) and 35 (vehicle parking spaces) to provide reconfigured cycle, refuse and plant store rooms, changes to windows/doors and associated alterations, all within Blocks B-F (amended description).
55 Vastern Road Reading RG1 8BU
Received 9 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/17/0689
Discharge of conditions 5 (site contamination assessment), 10 (construction noise & dust control), 13 (tree & vegetation protection), 15 (hard landscaping & boundary treatment) and 22 (sustainable drainage scheme) of planning permission 160762.
30 Lowfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 6PA
Received 2 May 2017 - ClosedPL/17/0690
Retrospective application for the retention of perimeter fence to frontage, side and rear boundaries of existing dwelling
221 Wensley Road Reading RG1 6EE
Received 2 May 2017
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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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