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.
9,676 approved · 1,127 refused · 1,173 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Craig Avenue Reading RG30 2PL
Received 13 Feb 201925 Crescent Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5AH
Received 14 Feb 201942 Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DH
Received 12 Feb 201932-41 West Street Reading RG1 1TZ
Received 14 Feb 2019Mander Court 8 Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HE
Received 14 Feb 2019Mander Court 8 Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HE
Received 14 Feb 2019Mander Court 8 Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HE
Received 14 Feb 20193-5 King Street Reading RG1 2HB
Received 14 Feb 201913 Yelverton Road, Reading RG2 7SU
Received 14 Feb 201910 Southern Court South Street Reading
Received 14 Feb 201913 Beechwood Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BJ
Received 14 Feb 201937 Buckingham Drive Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RY
Received 27 Feb 2019140 Castle Hill Reading RG1 7RW
Received 27 Feb 201980 Knights Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RH
Received 27 Feb 201965 Kidmore Road Reading RG4 7LZ
Received 27 Feb 201957 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SS
Received 27 Feb 20193 Hemdean Rise Caversham Reading RG4 7SA
Received 27 Feb 201914 Mount Pleasant Reading
Received 28 Feb 201914 Mount Pleasant Reading
Received 28 Feb 20199 Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RA
Received 27 Feb 201916 Richmond Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PP
Received 28 Feb 201923 The Ridings Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XL
Received 27 Feb 2019114 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7NE
Received 28 Feb 201910 Pegs Green Close Reading RG30 2NH
Received 28 Feb 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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