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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 dates17,722Searchable applications
423Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 11,943 approved or refused records
1,255Refused applications
10,688 approved · 1,255 refused · 1,271 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
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.
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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePL/21/0550
Non-illuminated fascia signs on west elevation of No. 193 Wensley Court and No. 205 Riversley Court, and east elevation of No. 203 Irving Court, all at ground floor level; Non-illuminated fascia signs on east and west elevations of No. 193 Wensley Court, No. 203 Irving Court and No. 205 Riversley Court at 13th and 14th floor level.
Wensley Court (No. 193), Irving Court (No.203) and Riversley Court (No. 205) Wensley Road Reading RG1 6EA / EB
Received 8 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0551
Proposed works to TPO tree
St Josephs College 64 Upper Redlands Road Reading RG1 5JT
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0552
Single storey rear extensions
25 Sheridan Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7QB
Received 9 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0553
Single storey rear extension
3 Scholars Close Caversham Reading RG4 7DN
Received 10 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0557
Single storey front extensions and alterations to existing drive (amended description).
9 Overlanders End Tilehurst Reading RG31 6PS
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0558
Single storey rear extension
10 The Ridings Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XL
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0559
Convert existing garage to study and utility room
8 Manor House Court Heath Road Reading RG6 1NA
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0632
Replacement and Installation of Plant and Associated Works at Roof Level
Apex Plaza Forbury Road Reading RG1 1AX
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0633
Remodel of second floor and proposed rear dormer
11 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NJ
Received 22 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0635
Change of use from a 9 person HMO (Sui Generis) to a 10 person/ 10 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) (Retrospective) (amended)
50 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7JR
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0636
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Schedule of materials) of application 201110
Katesgrove Primary School Dorothy Street Reading RG1 2NL
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0637
Single storey rear extension.
1 Marquis Place Granby Gardens Reading RG1 5RT
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0638
Change to roof on brick garden shed roof from a flat roof to a pitchedroof.
62 Waverley Road Reading RG30 2PY
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0639
Demolition and residential redevelopment to provide three buildings comprising 120 residential units (Use Class C3), along with car parking, cycle parking, servicing bay and associated landscaping, amenity space, plant and refuse areas, and access arrangements.
Eaton Court 112 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7LL
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0640
Discharge of condition 3c (land gas validation report) of prior approval 201043.
Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading
Received 23 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0641
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use as offices
3 Barrett Court 70 Cardiff Road Reading RG1 8ED
Received 24 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0642
Garage with First Floor Storage
24 Hirstwood Tilehurst Reading RG30 6NF
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0643
Conversion of dwelling into 1x1 bed and 1x3 bed flats
20 Combe Road Tilehurst Reading
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0644
New playground with reinstatement of existing playground back to informal parkland
Prospect Park Liebenrood Road Reading
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0646
Section 73: Variation of Condition (3) (delivery hours) of previously approved application 16/01218/FULMAJ: Section 73 variation of conditions 2 (opening hours) and 3 (delivery hours) of planning permission 12/01833/FULMAJ (see application ref: 21/00913 on the West Berkshire Council website for further details)
Aldi Stores Bath Road Calcot Reading RG30 2HB
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0647
Provision of a play service venue at the existing park pavilion, converting a disused internal garage into an indoor low ropes activitycourse, providing an outdoor mini-golf zone, an outdoor enclosed education and learning zone, with a small community cafe to complimentthe activities.
Prospect Pavilion, Prospect Park Liebenrood Road Reading RG30 2ND
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0648
Two storey rear extension
4 Rossendale Road Caversham Reading RG4 5JU
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0649
Single storey rear extension
29 Bromley Walk Tilehurst Reading RG30 4LR
Received 26 Apr 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0651
Single storey rear extensions, conversion of loft space and addition of flat roof dormer window
67 Russell Street Reading RG1 7XG
Received 27 Apr 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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