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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 dates14,802Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,895 approved or refused records
1,029Refused applications
8,866 approved · 1,029 refused · 1,095 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/17/1082
Change of use and conversion of the first floor restaurant/bar into 3 residential dwellings (2 x 2 bed & 1 x 1 bed), including new access bridge and external alterations to existing building
Pipers Island Bridge Street Caversham Reading
Received 28 Jun 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1083
Joint vehicular access from St Peters Hill
8 St Peters Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7DD
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1084
Discharge of condition 17 of planning permission 141043
Thames Tower 37-45 Station Road Reading RG1 1LX
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1085
Two storey rear extension.
1 Briants Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 5AZ
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1086
Demolition of existing church buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide a four storey mixed use development comprised of community halls and ancillary accommodation at ground floor level, car parking and 2 x one bedroom flats and 10 x two bedroom flats at the upper floor levels.
Grovelands Baptist Church Oxford Road Reading RG30 1HJ
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1087
Construction of a two storey 2 bedroom dwelling house and 3 x one bedroom flats with associated gardens and car parking
Land between 2-4 Wilson Road Reading RG30 2RN
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1088
Single storey rear extension
55 George Street Reading RG1 7NP
Received 3 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1089
Improvements to existing car park and access route.
Leighton Park School Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7ED
Received 4 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1090
Proposed loft conversion with new dormer roof projections to rear of existing building
55 George Street Reading RG1 7NP
Received 4 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1094
Single storey front, side and rear extension
32 Vine Crescent Reading RG30 3LU
Received 4 Jul 2017 - ClosedPL/17/1095
Discharge of condition 3 of planning permission 160849
Jacksons Corner 1-9 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AS
Received 4 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1096
Discharge of condition 22 of planning permission 160849
Jacksons Corner 1-9 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AS
Received 4 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1098
Non-material amendments to permission 162012 (granted on 29/12/2016) to alter the materials for the approved: first floor balustrade; ground floor rear side window; ground floor rear elevation above doors; and, to alter the ground floor external stair.
68 Peppard Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TL
Received 4 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1171
Single storey rear extension, single storey front extension and covered side walkway
49 Hardwick Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4LJ
Received 13 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1173
Commencement of development in accordance with condition 1 of planning application references 130602 and 141780
118a Oxford Road Reading RG1 7NL
Received 13 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1174
L-shaped rear box dormer, roof lights and replacement boundary wall
1 Beresford Road Reading RG30 1DE
Received 13 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1178
Display of an internally illuminated internally located sign at secondfloor level on Broad Street elevation (part retrospective)
116-117 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BE
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1179
Replacement fascia and projecting sign
2 Chain Street Reading RG1 2HX
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1181
Out door assembly, classroom and occasional performance space
Leighton Park School Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7ED
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1182
Non material amendments to landscaping scheme
Land to north of Island Road Reading
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1183
Variation of conditions 2 (approved plans) and 16 (landscaping) of planning permission 151537 (restaurant, kiosk & public realm works), namely for minor material amendments to the landscaping (retrospective).
Riverside The Oracle Bridge Street RG1 2AG
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1184
Erection of 4 x 2 bed flats, 2 x 1 bed flats and 2 x 2 bed maisonettes, with associated car parking, access and landscaping (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans), 3 (Materials), 9 (bicycle storage), 10 (construction method statement) and 13 (landscaping details) of planning permission 161812.
153 Bath Road Reading RG30 2BD
Received 14 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1185
New gas pipe to be fitted to the rear elevation of the property
Flat 2 134 Castle Hill Reading RG1 7RW
Received 17 Jul 2017 - Decision MadePL/17/1186
Single storey side and rear extensions
18 Cromwell Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EB
Received 17 Jul 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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