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.
10,505 approved · 1,235 refused · 1,253 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Abbotsmead Place Caversham Reading
Received 26 Jan 2020The Spinney Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EJ
Received 27 Jan 20206 The Mount Reading RG1 5HL
Received 27 Jan 202057 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XX
Received 27 Jan 2020Unit 8 Reading Gate Retail Park A33 Relief Road Reading RG2 0DG
Received 27 Jan 2020110 Peppard Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TH
Received 27 Jan 2020Wensley Road Reading
Received 27 Jan 2020Dental Surgery, Mulberry House 1a Eldon Road Reading RG1 4DJ
Received 27 Jan 202020 Greyfriars Road Reading RG1 1NL
Received 7 Feb 20203 Forest Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XE
Received 10 Feb 2020211 Shinfield Road Reading RG2 8HA
Received 10 Feb 202067 Stockton Road Reading RG2 8AH
Received 10 Feb 202046 Church Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AU
Received 10 Feb 2020Dunedin Hospital Bath Road Reading RG1 6NQ
Received 10 Feb 20202 Tilehurst Road Reading RG1 7TW
Received 10 Feb 2020Belle View House 2 Tilehurst Road Reading RG1 7TW
Received 10 Feb 2020242 Gosbrook Road Caversham Reading RG4 8EA
Received 11 Feb 2020Reading Post Office 21-22 Market Place Reading RG1 2DQ
Received 11 Feb 202039 Westwood Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5PL
Received 11 Feb 20206 Western Oaks Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JE
Received 12 Feb 202070 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7JS
Received 11 Feb 202013 Addington Road Reading
Received 25 Feb 20207 Woodford Close Caversham Reading RG4 7HN
Received 25 Feb 202014 Buckingham Drive Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RZ
Received 25 Feb 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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