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.
10,383 approved · 1,216 refused · 1,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Oaklands Reading RG1 5RW
Received 27 Jan 202037 Richmond Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PR
Received 28 Jan 202020 Coldicutt Street Caversham Reading RG4 8DU
Received 26 Jan 2020108 Kenilworth Avenue Reading RG30 3DW
Received 28 Jan 202030 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HA
Received 28 Jan 202020 Hosier Street Reading RG1 7JL
Received 7 Feb 202018 Pottery Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BQ
Received 10 Feb 2020Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DG
Received 10 Feb 2020Kenavon Drive Reading RG1 3DG
Received 10 Feb 2020Toys R Us Kenavon Drive Reading
Received 10 Feb 2020Marsden Blagrave Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7DZ
Received 17 Feb 2020Land by A33 Near Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0JJ
Received 27 Feb 2020Land to the South of Bath Road & North of Granville Road Reading RG30 3PY
Received 27 Feb 202020 Hosier Street Reading RG1 7JL
Received 27 Feb 202020 Hosier Street Reading RG1 7JL
Received 27 Feb 2020Vastern Court Caversham Road Reading
Received 27 Feb 20209 Victoria Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5AA
Received 27 Feb 202061 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PS
Received 28 Feb 202014 Cedar Road Reading RG2 7ER
Received 28 Feb 202011 Thetford Mews Caversham Reading RG4 6SN
Received 28 Feb 202048 St Peters Road Reading RG6 1PD
Received 28 Feb 2020192a Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JU
Received 2 Mar 202055 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5SQ
Received 2 Mar 202012 Maple Gardens Reading RG2 7NB
Received 2 Mar 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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