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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 dates

15,737Searchable applications

416Recorded as pending

90%Approval rate · 10,541 approved or refused records

1,099Refused applications

9,442 approved · 1,099 refused · 1,152 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and building control Contact planning Contact Building Control Local plan Planning policy Conservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildings Article 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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Decision MadePL/18/1566
Proposed change of use for floors 2, 3 and 4 from A2 to B1 use. Various external works including the extension of floor plates and minor internal amendments to facilitate the refurbishment of the existing building to create ancillary storage at basement and class B1(Business) use on 3 upper floors.
3-5 King Street Reading
Received 4 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1567
External and internal works including the extension of floor plates atfloors 2, 3 and 4 and minor internal amendments to facilitate the refurbishment of the existing building to create ancillary storage at basement and refurbishment for office use on 3 upper floors.
3-5 King Street Reading
Received 4 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1568
Crown reduction, tree growth will start to encroach on property soon. Crown lift remove any small growth since previous crown Crown thin remove dead wood which is a hazard to pedestrians and vehicles
45 Orchard Grove Caversham Reading RG4 6NF
Received 4 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1570
Application for discharge of condition 7 of planning approval 180075
79 Silver Street Reading RG1 2SU
Received 4 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1571
Change of use of ground floor to Class A3 café/restaurant, part single, part two-storey rear extension, changes to shopfront and kitchen extract equipment on rear flat roof
60 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AZ
Received 4 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1645
Rear extension measuring 3.7m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.873m, and 2.1m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of theTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
370 The Meadway Tilehurst Reading RG30 4NX
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1647
Single storey rear extension
72 Kenilworth Avenue Reading RG30 3DN
Received 19 Sept 2018
ClosedPL/18/1648
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.10m, and 2.95m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of theTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
198 Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7DU
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1650
Discharge of condition 17 of planning permission 170019 (APP/E0345/W/17/3190317)
Former Private Car Park East Street Reading Berkshire
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1651
Single storey rear extension
11 Kinson Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6UL
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1652
Outline - erection of a 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 storey building comprising 47apartments (including 30 per cent affordable housing) in a mix of one,two and three-bedroom units. Landscaping, cycle and car parking with associated works (all matters reserved except layout and means of access).
Former Reading Family Centre North Street Reading RG1 7DA
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1653
Outline - erection of a 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 storey building comprising 47apartments for affordable housing in a mix of one, two and three- bedroom units. Landscaping, cycle & car parking with associated works (all matters reserved except layout and means of access).
Former Reading Family Centre North Street Reading RG1 7DA
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1654
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7 (170019). (APP/E0345/W/17/3190317)
Former Private Car Park East Street Reading
Received 19 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1655
Extension to garage including garage conversion to form music and games room.
17 Aberaman Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LD
Received 19 Sept 2018
ClosedPL/18/1656
Enforcement expediency
109 Whitley Wood Road Reading RG2 8HY
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1657
T3 & T4 Pollard back to old pollard points
20a St Peters Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7AX
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1658
Non material amendment to approved planning application 180890 for part two/part single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory
23 Beverley Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5PT
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1659
Request for a Screening opinion
Land along the River Thames in Caversham Reading
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1660
One Red Western Cedar - fell.
54 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EN
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1661
Single storey rear extension and insertion of door to side elevation
32 Radstock Road Reading RG1 3PS
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1662
Corsican Pine. Fell as the tree is in poor health and declining rapidly, and treatment options are not economically viable. The Schoois perfectly happy to plant a replacement tree in a location and of a species to be agreed with Reading Council.
St Josephs College 64 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JT
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1663
Non material amendment to planning permission 180878(Single storey rear extension, two rear dormer roof extensions, four rooflights and various external alterations) to increase height of rear extension from 2.8m to 3.35m, install a front facing frosted window to replace existing door and to retain a single garage door
127 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7LB
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1664
single storey rear extension
17 Copperfields Caversham Reading RG4 7PQ
Received 20 Sept 2018
Decision MadePL/18/1665
T2/T6/T10 Hornbeams - Crown lift over the road to give 5.2m ground clearance. T4/T7/T9/T11 - Re-pollard all 4 trees back to old knuckle points. These trees are quite dense this will allow for a greater ingress of light and reduce the risk of failure. T20 Ash - Section fel- self seeded specimen growing between the shed and fence. T21 Viburnum - Crown lift to give a 2.2m ground clearance in order to maintain and contain.
Notley Place Emmer Green Reading
Received 20 Sept 2018

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