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Reading Borough Council
Planning applications.
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 dates16,024Searchable applications
416Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 10,750 approved or refused records
1,120Refused applications
9,630 approved · 1,120 refused · 1,172 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Building ControlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decision MadePL/19/0482
Single storey rear extension
19a Prince Of Wales Avenue Reading RG30 2UR
Received 21 Mar 2019 - ClosedPL/19/0483
Enforcement Expediency
5 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5RU
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0484
Proposed signage including 1 x hanging sign, 1 x set of letters
1-2 Market Place Reading RG1 2EQ
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0486
Beech (T4 G1) Due to errors made in previous work, to fix this tree wewould ask to cut any roughly cut branches back to the collar of the branch or next growing point, whichever requires the least length of branch to be removed. It is for the beech trees at the south of MeadowWay. The TPO number is 14/004
14 Amersham Road Caversham Reading RG4 5BQ
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0487
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
235 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HY
Received 22 Mar 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0562
Enforcement expediency
233 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2QH
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0563
Listed Building Consent for maintenance and repairs to external fabricof building
10 Eldon Road Reading RG1 4DH
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0564
Two storey side extension
5a Shakespeare Close Caversham Reading RG4 6QE
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0565
Reduce one Eucalyptus
10 Maytree Walk Caversham Reading RG4 6LZ
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0566
Discharge of condition 5 (Construction Method Statement) of planning application 182200
Mapledurham Playing Fields Upper Woodcote Road Reading RG4 7LH
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0567
Installation of 1 x non-illuminated hanging sign, 1 x non-illuminated wall mounted sign, 1 x non-illuminated over-head doorway sign and 8 x window vinyls
Town Hall Blagrave Street Reading RG1 1QH
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0568
Revised Proposals for single storey rear extension
19 Clarendon Road Reading RG6 1PB
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0569
Install a ground floor disabled toilet to meet DDA, with a pull down baby changing bench on the wall to make the toilet practical. Also, the addition of a small tea point, to serve two new accessible meetingrooms and reception, in the hallway next to the toilet.
17 Castle Street Reading RG1 7SB
Received 4 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0570
Retrospective single storey rear extension
13 Yelverton Road Reading RG2 7SU
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0572
New porch to replace existing overhang
1 Seed Grove Tilehurst Reading RG31 6PZ
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0573
Proposed demolition of the existing outbuilding and erection of a replacement single storey outbuilding in the back garden.
85 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NG
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0574
Proposed double storey side extension following demolition of existing store.
53 Foxhays Road Reading RG2 8ND
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0575
Proposed single storey rear extension to existing lower ground floor flat to provide additional living space, as well as a proposed outbuilding at the bottom of the garden.
Flat A 85 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PZ
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0576
Change of use at ground floor to flexible use (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, D2)
41a Church Street Caversham Reading RG4 8BA
Received 5 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0577
Non-Material Amendment to planning application 180582 - In fill of area between originally proposed dormers to garage roof.
2 Merthyr Vale Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QQ
Received 6 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0578
Single storey rear extension
54 Carnarvon Road Reading RG1 5SD
Received 7 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0579
Proposed Loft conversion with new rear dormer extensions and roof lights
54 Carnarvon Road Reading RG1 5SD
Received 8 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0580
Front and rear single storey extensions, existing garage converted into habitable room, rear dormer and raising of eaves and ridge levelsto single dwellinghouse.
The Barons Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RY
Received 8 Apr 2019 - Decision MadePL/19/0581
Works to trees in conservation area
2 Church Street Reading RG1 2SB
Received 8 Apr 2019
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What these statistics cover
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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