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.
10,197 approved · 1,195 refused · 1,223 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading
Received 28 Jul 2020384 The Meadway Tilehurst Reading RG30 4NX
Received 28 Jul 2020Various sites in Reading
Received 27 Jul 2020Reading National Spiritualist Church 81 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XY
Received 29 Jul 20204b Addington Road Reading RG1 5PZ
Received 29 Jul 2020Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading
Received 29 Jul 20203 Notley Place Emmer Green Reading RG4 8PW
Received 29 Jul 202026 Francis Street Reading RG1 2QB
Received 29 Jul 20205 Springfield Mews Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QA
Received 30 Jul 2020Unit 50a Portman Road Reading RG30 1EA
Received 30 Jul 2020Roundabout at Southcote Lane Reading
Received 30 Jul 2020172 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7PL
Received 31 Jul 2020350 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7QL
Received 31 Jul 2020148 Linden Road Reading RG2 7EH
Received 31 Jul 2020All Saints Infants School Brownlow Road Reading RG1 6NP
Received 31 Jul 202017 Conisboro Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7JB
Received 18 Aug 2020Wm Morrison Plc Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HB
Received 18 Aug 202016 Richmond Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PP
Received 18 Aug 20202 Ripley Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6UD
Received 18 Aug 20209 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BT
Received 19 Aug 20206 Tilehurst Road Reading RG1 7TN
Received 19 Aug 20201 Station Road Reading RG1 1LG
Received 19 Aug 202038 Southdown Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RN
Received 20 Aug 202048 Water Road Reading RG30 2NN
Received 20 Aug 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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