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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 dates17,755Searchable applications
423Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,960 approved or refused records
1,255Refused applications
10,705 approved · 1,255 refused · 1,272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/21/0838
Listed Building Consent for Replacement patio doors and window
16 Oaklands Reading RG1 5RW
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0839
Rear garden T.1 Strawberry Tree (G L), Form garden side stem into pollard by forming pollard knuckle at 2m, 25-50mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth.
58 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5SE
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0840
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.5m,and 2.6m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction ofan extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
26 Haywood Way Reading RG30 4QP
Received 20 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0841
Retrospective installation of an access hatch on the eastern side elevation
Nandos 30-31 Friar Street Reading RG1 1AH
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0843
Proposed single storey side extension and internal alterations.
15 Birch Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BL
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0844
Single storey side and rear extension following demolition of side garage
27 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7LR
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0846
Proposed two storey pitched roof side / single storey flat roof rear extension
64 Brunel Road Reading RG30 3JL
Received 24 May 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0921
Two storey rear and side and single storey rear extension
21 All Hallows Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LP
Received 4 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0922
Crown lift the tree to a height of 3 meters. Pollard to help retain the current height.
4 Derby Villas Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5DP
Received 4 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0923
Fell Oak tree in rear garden
51 Orchard Grove Caversham Reading RG4 6NF
Received 4 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0924
Single storey side and rear extension (retrospective). Hip to gable roof extension and first floor side extension (Amended Description)
9 Grasmere Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XU
Received 4 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0925
T4 Beech prune back 2 branches over house as shown in photo, this should give about 1 metres clearance of side of house. Reason to prevent damage to roof
59 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HE
Received 5 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0926
Single story rear extension
2 Ashcroft Close Caversham Reading RG4 7NU
Received 6 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0927
Single storey garage extension, loft conversion and existing integral garage conversion.
173 Upper Woodcote Road Caversham Reading RG4 7JR
Received 7 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0928
Conversion of existing garage to habitable space, new window to front elevation
50 Holyrood Close Caversham Reading RG4 6PZ
Received 7 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0930
Installation of 1no. internal 55'' window digital screen, external facing.
74 School Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5BN
Received 7 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0931
Single storey rear extension.
113 Wantage Road Reading RG30 2SN
Received 7 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0932
Single storey wrap around extension
140 Beecham Road Reading RG30 2RE
Received 7 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0933
Use of lower ground floor as 1x1 bed flat
24 Zinzan Street Reading RG1 7UQ
Received 8 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0934
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as 1 x 2 bedrooms flat and1 x 1 bedroom flat.
28 Norfolk Road Reading RG30 2EE
Received 8 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0935
Removal of combustible material on the façade, designing and installing new materials that are fit for purpose and make watertight the existing structure
Mayer House Chatham Place Reading
Received 8 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0936
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use of rear outbuilding as one self contained studio flat
28 Norfolk Road Reading RG30 2EE
Received 8 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0938
Non-material amendment to planning permission 201448 including changesto brickwork to east and west elevations and addition of rooflights.
Reading West Railway Station Oxford Road Reading
Received 8 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0939
Variation of condition 2(Proposed Elevations) following grant of planning permission. (200468)
2 Woodlands Grove Caversham Reading RG4 6NB
Received 9 Jun 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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