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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,640 approved · 1,244 refused · 1,266 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Sept 2015 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Adjacent The Globe 12 Portman Road Reading RG30 1EA
Received 26 Nov 202018 Zinzan Street Reading
Received 26 Nov 202020 Combe Road Tilehurst Reading
Received 26 Nov 202058 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3AD
Received 27 Nov 202058 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3AD
Received 27 Nov 202013 Hemdean Rise Caversham Reading RG4 7SA
Received 27 Nov 20203 Marlborough Avenue Reading RG1 5JB
Received 27 Nov 202025 Stoneham Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HB
Received 27 Nov 20208 The Beeches Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RQ
Received 27 Nov 202046 Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RY
Received 27 Nov 2020160 Friar Street Reading RG1 1HE
Received 27 Nov 2020452 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0QE
Received 27 Nov 20207 Denmark Road Reading RG1 5PA
Received 27 Nov 202048 Balmore Drive Caversham Reading RG4 8NN
Received 10 Dec 202033 Blenheim Road Caversham Reading RG4 7RT
Received 10 Dec 2020Green Park Village
Received 10 Dec 2020Green Park Village
Received 10 Dec 20209 Elsley Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RP
Received 10 Dec 2020Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading
Received 10 Dec 202070 Swainstone Road Reading RG2 0DX
Received 10 Dec 20205 Ivybank Tilhurst Reading RG31 5WB
Received 11 Dec 2020109 Cardiff Road Reading RG1 8ES
Received 11 Dec 20209 Wilwyne Close Caversham Reading RG4 5EP
Received 11 Dec 202069 Swainstone Road Reading RG2 0DX
Received 11 Dec 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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