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.
8,965 approved · 1,037 refused · 1,107 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2017 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 The Ridings Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XL
Received 21 Jun 2017Green Park Village
Received 22 Jun 2017Southcote Youth & Community Centre 85 Coronation Square Reading RG30 3QP
Received 22 Jun 2017Phase 6A Green Park Village
Received 22 Jun 20179 Armour Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6EX
Received 22 Jun 2017Reading Crematorium & Henley Road Cemetery 55 All Hallows Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LP
Received 22 Jun 2017The Pond House Ph 738 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1EH
Received 22 Jun 2017Mapledurham Playing Fields Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading
Received 22 Jun 2017Little Lea Farmhouse, Reading International Business Park A33 Relief Road Reading RG2 6DA
Received 23 Jun 201766 Chiltern Road Caversham Reading RG4 5JB
Received 4 Jul 2017Asda Honey End Lane Reading RG30 4EL
Received 4 Jul 2017Bel & The Dragon Restaurant Gas Works Road Reading RG1 3EQ
Received 4 Jul 201710 Foxhays Road Reading RG2 8NP
Received 4 Jul 201719 Armour Road Tilehurst Reading
Received 5 Jul 201710 Wetherby Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UD
Received 5 Jul 2017209 Caversham Road Reading RG1 8BB
Received 5 Jul 2017Land between Thames Valley Business Park Napier Road Reading
Received 4 Jul 20172a Prospect Mews Reading
Received 5 Jul 201729 Lower Elmstone Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5EB
Received 5 Jul 201711 Gravel Hill Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QN
Received 5 Jul 201722 Marchwood Avenue Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UN
Received 5 Jul 201747 Usk Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HR
Received 5 Jul 2017225 Hartland Road Reading RG2 8DN
Received 5 Jul 201712 Wetherby Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UD
Received 5 Jul 2017Records 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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