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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Reading Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates17,345Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,681 approved or refused records
1,226Refused applications
10,455 approved · 1,226 refused · 1,246 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Building ControlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/21/0039
Proposed works to TPO tree
Wantage Hall Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JG
Received 8 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0040
Prune to give a minimum of 1-2m clearance to roof and reduce crown in accordance with the attached photos back to appropriate growth points.
1 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BT
Received 8 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0041
Rear extension measuring 3.8m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.5m,and 2.5m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015
170 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 5DL
Received 8 Dec 2020 - Decision MadePL/21/0043
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 9 (Construction Method Statement) of application 181091
40 Church Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AU
Received 8 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0044
Various works including replacement of sash windows, repair and decoratation of external doors and casement windows, redecoration of railings to lightwell, black painted brickwork and black rendered walls, and like-for-like internal refurbishments
45 South Street Reading
Received 9 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0045
Various works including replacement of sash windows, repair and decoratation of external doors and casement windows, redecoration of railings to lightwell, black painted brickwork and black rendered walls, and like-for-like internal refurbishments
45 South Street Reading
Received 9 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0047
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed pitched-roof rear dormer and 2No. new rooflights in the rear slope of the existing roof
13 The Mount Caversham Reading RG4 7RU
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0048
Prune one Apple tree
15 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NJ
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0049
Fell one Sycamore
2b Tilehurst Road Reading RG1 7TN
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0051
Discharge of condition 3 of planning application 190856
Atlantic House Imperial Way Reading
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0052
Works to TPO Tree
Museum Of English Rural Life 6 Redlands Road Reading RG1 5EX
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0053
Variation of condition 4 and 5 of approved planning permission 190856 - Proposed change of use from office building (use class b1) to new Police base (use class sui generis) to alter BREEAM requirment.
Atlantic House Imperial Way Reading RG2 0TD
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0054
Removal of existing garage, summer house and shed located at the rear of the property and replace with a single larger garage structure
80 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7ST
Received 11 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0129
Erection of single storey front extension and garage conversion.
11 Elstow Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 6RX
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0132
Conversion of existing garage to habitable space, First floor side extension over garage and Hallway, Filling in of family room undercroft, new driveway layout and internal alterations
51 Silverthorne Drive Caversham Reading RG4 7NR
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0133
Replacing the existing timber sash windows with white PVC double glazed windows
15 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JJ
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0134
Replacing the existing timber sash and timber casement windows with white PVC double glazed windows
25 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JJ
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0135
Proposed ground floor side infill extension, internal floorplan alterations and all associated works
Glenrock House Routh Lane Tilehurst Reading RG30 4JY
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0137
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed new ground floor side window
29 Peppard Road Caversham Reading RG4 8JP
Received 26 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0140
Single storey rear extension and internal alterations to a semi-detached dwelling.
76 Balmore Drive Caversham Reading RG4 8NN
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0141
Demolition of existing carport and erection of detached garage
35 Tidmarsh Street Reading RG30 1HX
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0142
The insertion of 5x roof lights in the rear roof.
6 Mapledene Caversham Reading RG4 7DQ
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0145
Proposed Loft Conversion to create additional Bedroom and Bathroom
10 Brooklyn Drive Reading RG4 8SS
Received 28 Jan 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0146
Construction of two storey rear extension, refurbishment and alteration throughout the existing building to provide 11no. en-suite bedrooms and associated communal facilities as part of a large HMO (sui generis use class).
11 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PW
Received 28 Jan 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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