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.
10,102 approved · 1,187 refused · 1,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Wickes site Weldale Street Reading RG1 7BW
Received 25 Mar 2020Abbey Gardens 4-6 Abbey Street Reading RG1 3BA
Received 25 Mar 20201 New Lane Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4JE
Received 25 Mar 202011 Sheep Walk Emmer Green Reading RG4 8NE
Received 23 Mar 202015 Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RZ
Received 25 Mar 202015 Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RZ
Received 25 Mar 20203 Eric Avenue Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QU
Received 27 Mar 2020British Estates Business Park 132 Bath Road Reading RG30 2EU
Received 27 Mar 202011 Kendrick Road Reading RG1 5DU
Received 27 Mar 2020Station Hill Reading
Received 27 Mar 20207 Lea Close Reading RG30 3NB
Received 27 Mar 202038 Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6LN
Received 28 Mar 2020116 Corwen Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4TA
Received 29 Mar 202079 Kingsbridge Road Reading RG2 7RG
Received 30 Mar 202062 Kidmore End Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SE
Received 15 Apr 202068 Broad Street Reading
Received 16 Apr 20204 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NJ
Received 16 Apr 20207 Pembroke Place Caversham Reading RG4 5HU
Received 16 Apr 202070 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7JS
Received 16 Apr 2020Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading
Received 17 Apr 202071 Alexandra Road Reading
Received 17 Apr 2020Land At Cow Lane Reading
Received 17 Apr 2020Land At Cow Lane Reading
Received 17 Apr 2020Substation at Graham Green Furnishers Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0JJ
Received 17 Apr 2020Records 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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