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.
9,297 approved · 1,080 refused · 1,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Nov 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of 23 Inglewood Court Reading RG30 2DT
Received 23 Jul 20184 Dellwood Park Caversham Reading RG4 7NX
Received 23 Jul 201819 Warnford Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4LA
Received 23 Jul 201827 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AR
Received 23 Jul 201882 Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PP
Received 23 Jul 2018252-256 Kings Road Reading Berkshire RG1 4HP
Received 23 Jul 20181 Springfield Mews Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QA
Received 23 Jul 20188 Calder Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4XL
Received 2 Aug 201845 Stanhope Road Reading RG2 7HW
Received 2 Aug 201884 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0EL
Received 2 Aug 2018Mercedes Centre Richfield Avenue Reading RG1 8EQ
Received 13 Aug 201817 Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6LJ
Received 13 Aug 201830 Garnet Hill Reading RG1 6AU
Received 14 Aug 2018Cooper Reading Bmw Kings Meadow Road Reading
Received 14 Aug 2018170 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7ND
Received 14 Aug 2018Unit 10 Worton Drive Reading RG2 0TG
Received 15 Aug 20181e Bulmershe Road Reading RG1 5RH
Received 15 Aug 20182d Victoria Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5AE
Received 15 Aug 201879 Silver Street Reading RG1 2SU
Received 15 Aug 201832 Chapel Hill Reading RG31 5DG
Received 15 Aug 201873 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2QB
Received 15 Aug 201833 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2QB
Received 15 Aug 2018Riversley Court 205 Wensley Road Reading
Received 16 Aug 2018116 Chapel Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 5DH
Received 16 Aug 2018Records 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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