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.
9,478 approved · 1,103 refused · 1,156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 River Road Caversham Reading RG4 7EH
Received 13 Jul 201968 London Road Reading RG1 5AS
Received 14 Jul 201920 Belle Vue Road Reading RG1 7TX
Received 21 Jun 201916 Westfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 8HH
Received 15 Jul 2019Hazelwood 13 Kendrick Road Reading
Received 15 Jul 201986 Kenilworth Avenue Reading RG30 3DW
Received 12 Jul 2019435 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1HD
Received 15 Jul 2019132 St Peters Road Reading RG6 1PH
Received 15 Jul 2019Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DH
Received 29 Jul 2019Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DH
Received 29 Jul 2019Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DH
Received 29 Jul 201924 Wantage Road Reading RG30 2SE
Received 29 Jul 201937 Shepherds Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7JJ
Received 29 Jul 201937 Shepherds Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7JJ
Received 29 Jul 2019Whitley Library Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PX
Received 29 Jul 201910 Gun Street Reading
Received 29 Jul 201910 Gun Street Reading
Received 29 Jul 201916 Norris Road Reading RG6 1NJ
Received 30 Jul 201949 Shepley Drive Reading RG30 3HG
Received 30 Jul 20191 Crawshay Drive Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SX
Received 30 Jul 2019Former Cooper Reading Bmw Kings Meadow Road Reading
Received 31 Jul 201925 Conisboro Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7JB
Received 31 Jul 2019Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DH
Received 31 Jul 2019182-184 Henley Road Reading Berkshire RG4 5LW
Received 31 Jul 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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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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