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.
9,562 approved · 1,112 refused · 1,165 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
80 Caversham Road Reading RG1 1AA
Received 21 Dec 201846 Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BB
Received 24 Dec 2018Land off Venetia Close (rear garden of 49 Kiln Road) Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UG
Received 28 Dec 201828 Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PE
Received 28 Dec 201854 Hill Street Reading RG1 2NT
Received 28 Dec 201811 The Ridings Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XL
Received 31 Dec 2018319 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0JA
Received 31 Dec 201814 Clifton Street Reading RG1 7YE
Received 31 Dec 20189 Kintbury Walk Reading RG30 3HE
Received 31 Dec 201858 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5SE
Received 26 Feb 201937 St Georges Road Reading RG30 2RG
Received 4 Mar 201917 Maitland Road Reading RG1 6NL
Received 4 Mar 201918 Thames Avenue Reading RG1 8DT
Received 4 Mar 2019207-211 Broad Street Reading RG1 7QH
Received 30 Sept 201925 Mason Street Reading RG1 7PD
Received 26 Sept 2019Land Between Weldale Street and Chatham Street RG1 7BW
Received 30 Sept 201974 Brooksby Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6LY
Received 30 Sept 201959 Trafalgar Court Reading RG30 2EN
Received 30 Sept 201928 Waldeck Street Reading RG1 2RE
Received 30 Sept 201917 Stone Street Reading RG30 1HU
Received 1 Oct 2019Kendrick Girls School 41-43 London Road Reading RG1 5BN
Received 1 Oct 2019Kendrick Girls School 41-43 London Road Reading RG1 5BN
Received 1 Oct 2019Battle Hospital Site Portman Road Reading
Received 1 Oct 20191 Station Road Reading RG1 1LG
Received 1 Oct 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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