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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 dates
17,501Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,787 approved or refused records
1,237Refused applications

10,550 approved · 1,237 refused · 1,259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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  1. Decision MadePL/21/0575

    Renovation and internal alterations to two mid-terrace houses to create 4 new dwellings comprising 2 x 1 bedroom basement level dwellings and 2 x 3 bedroom maisonettes on the upper floors and two rear dormer windows.

    35 Bedford Road Reading RG1 7EX

    Received 13 Apr 2021
  2. Decision MadePL/21/0576

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 15 (Construction Management Plan and Method Statement) of application 190040

    Gardeners Arms Ph 48 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8NA

    Received 13 Apr 2021
  3. Decision MadePL/21/0577

    Change of use to Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) (Sui Generis)

    134-135 Friar Street Reading RG1 1EX

    Received 13 Apr 2021
  4. Decision MadePL/21/0579

    To replace the existing glass in the internal partition and door separating the living room and kitchen of the flat with safety glass reusing the existing wooden strips holding the glass

    47 Oaklands Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RN

    Received 14 Apr 2021
  5. Decision MadePL/21/0582

    Demolition of detached house and annex and the erection of 10 dwellings, with undercroft parking, landscaping and bin stores (amended).

    18 Parkside Road Reading RG30 2DB

    Received 14 Apr 2021
  6. Decision MadePL/21/0583

    Change of use of 75 Loverock Road from B8 to B2 requiring minor alterations and erection of substation and external plant area.

    75 Loverock Road Reading RG30 1DZ

    Received 14 Apr 2021
  7. Decision MadePL/21/0656

    First floor rear extension to no. 31. Single storey front extension and two storey rear and side extension to no.33

    31-33 Hilltop Road Reading RG4 7HR

    Received 27 Apr 2021
  8. Decision MadePL/21/0657

    Conversion and extension of a single dwelling into 5 new 2bed dwellings, including parking and landscaping

    130 Shinfield Road Reading RG2 7DT

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  9. Decision MadePL/21/0658

    Confirmation that all conditions in planning permission 152301 have been discharged

    Flats 1-4 (inclusive), Flats 1-4 (inclusive) at 77, Flats 1 and 2 at 79 81 & 83 St Georges Road Reading RG30 2RQ

    Received 23 Apr 2021
  10. Decision MadePL/21/0660

    Part single, part 2-storey rear and side extension.

    137 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NH

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  11. Decision MadePL/21/0661

    Outline planning permission for layout and access for 2 x two storey, 3 bedroom semi-detached dwellings

    Land Adjacent Mitcham Close Reading RG2 0AS

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  12. Decision MadePL/21/0662

    Loft conversion with rear dormer and 2 front rooflights, and outbuilding to rear

    302 The Meadway Tilehurst Reading RG30 4PB

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  13. Decision MadePL/21/0663

    Single storey side extension

    7 Tredegar Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QE

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  14. Decision MadePL/21/0664

    Single storey rear extension and changes in the front of the shop.

    258 Kentwood Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 6DR

    Received 28 Apr 2021
  15. Decision MadePL/21/0666

    Full application for the proposed erection of 1no. dwelling house withassociated parking and landscape

    12 Coningham Road Shinfield Reading RG2 8QP

    Received 29 Apr 2021
  16. Decision MadePL/21/0667

    Discharge of condition 17 (materials) of planning permission 10/01461/OUT (102172) for Phase 6B Green Park Village

    Green Park Village Phase 6B Reading

    Received 29 Apr 2021
  17. Decision MadePL/21/0668

    A proposed two storey side extension with internal alterations (Amended Description)

    2 The Ridgeway Caversham Reading RG4 8NX

    Received 29 Apr 2021
  18. Decision MadePL/21/0671

    Single storey rear extension

    295 Norcot Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6AF

    Received 29 Apr 2021
  19. Decision MadePL/21/0674

    Rear extensions measuring 5.01m and 3.5m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.95m, and 2.75m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 ofthe Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    77 De Beauvoir Road Reading RG1 5NR

    Received 30 Apr 2021
  20. Decision MadePL/21/0675

    Proposed single storey side extensions

    3 Penn Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QG

    Received 30 Apr 2021
  21. Decision MadePL/21/0677

    Erection of foodstore, unit shops, drive-through restaurant, petrol filling station, 65 residential units, car parking, creation of publicspace, landscaping, access and associated highway works, use classes A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, D1, C3 without complying with condition 32 (delivery times - to be removed) and 33 (times of use/parking of vehicles in service road – to be varied) and 34 (number of deliveries to store on Sunday and Bank Holidays – to be varied) of planning permission (06/00010/FUL).

    Tesco Superstore Portman Road Reading RG30 1AW

    Received 30 Apr 2021
  22. Decision MadePL/21/0678

    Remove existing external ATMs and replace sections of existing shopfront glazing following ATM removal and associated works.

    26-28 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BU

    Received 30 Apr 2021
  23. Decision MadePL/21/0679

    Separation works due to lease surrender of part of building back to landlord. Reinstate separating walls internally. Remove existing external ATMs and replace sections of existing shopfront glazing following ATM removal.

    26-28 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BU

    Received 30 Apr 2021
  24. Decision MadePL/21/0752

    Conversion of a single dwelling house into two self contained flats, including hip to gable and dormer extensions to the roof, a ground floor rear extension and the formation of a new entrance to the side elevation.

    110 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0ET

    Received 12 May 2021

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