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.
9,067 approved · 1,051 refused · 1,111 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 St Michaels Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4RP
Received 15 Sept 2017247 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LJ
Received 11 Sept 201752 Beresford Road Reading RG30 1BT
Received 15 Sept 201782 Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7DA
Received 15 Sept 2017Conwy Close Reading RG30 4BZ
Received 15 Sept 2017Richfield Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 8BQ
Received 18 Sept 20175 Chiltern Heights Chiltern Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LA
Received 18 Sept 201719 Christchurch Gardens Reading RG2 7AH
Received 18 Sept 20173 St Ronans Road Reading RG30 2QE
Received 29 Sept 201728 Carlton Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NT
Received 2 Oct 2017113 Severn Way Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HW
Received 2 Oct 201732 Palmer Park Avenue Reading RG6 1DN
Received 2 Oct 201730 Stanhope Road Reading RG2 7HN
Received 2 Oct 201757 Barnsdale Road Reading RG2 7JG
Received 2 Oct 201788 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NQ
Received 2 Oct 201742 Westbourne Terrace Reading RG30 2RP
Received 28 Sept 201739 Brunswick Hill Reading
Received 2 Oct 20172 Connaught Close Reading RG30 2UG
Received 13 Oct 201718 Waylen Street Reading
Received 16 Oct 2017Cox & Wyman Ltd Cardiff Road Reading RG1 8EX
Received 16 Oct 2017Kings Wharf 20-30 Kings Road and Highbridge House Highbridge Wharf
Received 16 Oct 2017Kings Wharf 20-30 Kings Road and Highbridge House Highbridge Wharf
Received 16 Oct 2017land to the rear of 8 Prospect Street Reading RG1 7YG
Received 26 Oct 2017Scottish Mutual House 35-43 Greyfriars Road Reading RG1 1JH
Received 27 Oct 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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