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.
10,014 approved · 1,176 refused · 1,205 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Mar 2016 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Park Village Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6AB
Received 26 Nov 2019The Abbey Junior School 30 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AR
Received 27 Nov 2019108 Salisbury Road Reading RG30 1BN
Received 27 Nov 201982 Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PP
Received 26 Nov 201923 Wardle Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JR
Received 27 Nov 201949 Matlock Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BP
Received 27 Nov 201913 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 27 Nov 201912 Kenilworth Avenue Reading RG30 3DN
Received 27 Nov 20198 Pilgrims Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RW
Received 27 Nov 2019Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading
Received 28 Nov 20196 Malthouse Lane Reading RG1 7JA
Received 28 Nov 2019160 Castle Hill Reading RG1 7RP
Received 28 Nov 201910 Priory Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7SE
Received 29 Nov 20196 Dellwood Park Caversham Reading RG4 7NX
Received 28 Nov 201979 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NQ
Received 28 Nov 2019111 Chapel Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 5DD
Received 16 Dec 2019Great Western House 18-20 Station Road Reading Berkshire RG1 1JX
Received 25 Nov 201963 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5ES
Received 16 Dec 2019Plot E Land at Friar St/Garrard St Reading
Received 16 Dec 2019Station Hill Reading
Received 16 Dec 2019Station Hill Reading
Received 16 Dec 201926 Highdown Avenue Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QS
Received 16 Dec 20196 Norfolk Road Reading RG30 2EE
Received 16 Dec 2019Onc House 68 St Johns Road Caversham Reading RG4 5AL
Received 16 Dec 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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