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.
9,466 approved · 1,101 refused · 1,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
28 Wellswood Gardens Reading RG1 5BF
Received 30 May 2019133 Caversham Road Reading RG1 8AS
Received 29 May 2019108-113 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BB
Received 30 May 201925 Bulmershe Road Reading RG1 5RH
Received 30 May 2019Tilehurst Bowling Club Wardle Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JR
Received 13 Jun 20191b Bulmershe Road Reading RG1 5RH
Received 13 Jun 2019Site Adjacent ESP Acre Road Reading Berkshire RG2 OSU
Received 13 Jun 20192 Connaught Close Reading RG30 2UG
Received 13 Jun 201921 Tintern Crescent Reading RG1 6HB
Received 14 Jun 2019265 Oxford Road Reading
Received 14 Jun 2019Buckingham Drive Service Station Buckingham Drive Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RZ
Received 14 Jun 20194 Beck Court Reading RG1 5EU
Received 14 Jun 2019Havell House 62-66 Queens Road Reading Berkshire RG1 4AZ
Received 14 Jun 20193 Ibstone Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 6PJ
Received 14 Jun 201939 Grove Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LJ
Received 14 Jun 201910 Twin Oaks Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SW
Received 15 Jun 2019Flat 9 28 London Road Reading RG1 5AG
Received 16 Jun 201943 Boston Avenue Reading RG1 6JU
Received 17 Jun 201910 Southern Court South Street Reading
Received 14 Jun 201915 Woburn Close Caversham Reading RG4 7HB
Received 17 Jun 201986 Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PP
Received 17 Jun 20197 Kendrick Gate Tilehurst Reading RG30 4DP
Received 17 Jun 20197 Grange Avenue Reading RG6 1DJ
Received 17 Jun 201943 London Street Reading RG1 4PS
Received 27 Jun 2019Records 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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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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