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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.
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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 dates17,573Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 11,837 approved or refused records
1,243Refused applications
10,594 approved · 1,243 refused · 1,265 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1046
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single storey side extension.
25 Highmoor Road Caversham Reading RG4 7BL
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1047
Erection of a mixed-use development comprising of two commercial unitson the ground floor, 28 residential units, associated landscaping, carand cycle parking.
Land At 362 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1AQ
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1048
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 1, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 26, 34, 37, 53 and 62 of Permission 201532.
Plot E Land At Friar Street and Garrard Street Reading RG1 1NR
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1049
Single storey side and rear extension and garage conversion
28 Silverthorne Drive Caversham Reading RG4 7NS
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1050
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed loft conversion with hip-to- gable roof alteration and 4 rooflights
18 Woodland Drive Tilehurst Reading RG30 4RT
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1051
2 storey side extension and 1st floor rear extension.
22 Fernbrook Road Caversham Reading RG4 7HG
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1052
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 of Listed Building Consent 191430
Brock Barracks Oxford Road Reading RG30 1HW
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1054
Proposed part 2 storey and single storey rear extension following demolition of existing
4 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PN
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1055
Drop Kerb outside house
62 Grovelands Road Reading RG30 2NY
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1056
Proposed part 2 storey and single storey rear extension following demolition of existing
2 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 7PN
Received 24 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1057
Installation of 20m monopole and ancillary equipment
Site to Front Of Unit 8A Stadium Way Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BX
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1058
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion including installation of a flat roof dormer to the rear elevation and 2No roof-lights to the front elevation
16 Donegal Close Caversham Reading RG4 5DT
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1059
First floor rear extension
218 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2QG
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1060
T6 Red Oak - Quercus rubra - Fell to ground level
Kendrick Girls School 41-43 London Road Reading RG1 5BN
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1061
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 5 (SUDs) of application 201537
Plot E Friar Street/Garrard Street Reading RG1 1NR
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1062
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 (SUDs) of application 201533
Station Hill, Plot F And Land North of Garrard Street Reading RG1 1NR
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1063
Erection of a block of 8 apartments (C3 use)
Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel South Street Reading
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1064
Application for variation of condition 3 (approved plans) following grant of planning permission. (Application No: 200865) amended description
14 Dulverton Gardens Reading RG2 7NX
Received 25 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1138
Change of use of 2-Storey Office Building from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 38 Residential Units. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Rose Kiln Court Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0HP
Received 8 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1139
Construction of new wall to garden - adjacent to parking area
28 Eldon Road Reading
Received 8 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1140
Construction of new wall to garden - adjacent to parking area
28 Eldon Road Reading
Received 8 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1141
Sub division of House into 4 Flats with associated alterations and new parking
66 Berkeley Avenue Reading RG1 6HY
Received 8 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1142
Demolition of the vacant Restoration Public House and the erection of 18 apartments with associated amenity space, parking and landscaping.
The Restoration Ph 928 Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6TJ
Received 8 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1143
Single storey rear extension
102 Connaught Road Reading RG30 2UF
Received 8 Jul 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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