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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 dates17,772Searchable applications
423Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 11,973 approved or refused records
1,258Refused applications
10,715 approved · 1,258 refused · 1,272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/21/0940
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (materials), 4 (arboricultural method statement), 6 (bat survey) and 8(obscure glazing) of planning permission 200469HOU
17 St Barnabas Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RA
Received 9 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0941
Single storey side and rear extension
3 Chagford Road Reading RG2 8AY
Received 9 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0943
Demolition of existing building and construction of new workshop/offices with new front yard, wider access and wash down facility with the removal of Condition 8 and variation of conditions 5and 9 of planning permission 151777/FUL
7 Cradock Road Reading RG2 0LB
Received 9 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0944
Non Material Amendments to planning permission 210260 to alter window positions on the north (front) and west (side) elevation at ground floor level, alter the standalone garage sliding door and fixed panel to bi-folding doors, relocate a garage window from the west to north elevation and add a rooflight to the south roofslope of the garage.
25 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EN
Received 9 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1017
T12 - Twin stemmed Sycamore - subject to TPO. Large side laterals hanging across the garden may fall and also reduce a lot of light fromthe garden. It is recommended to reduce the garden side laterals back by 2-3 metres to reduce the overhang, along with dead wooding and lightly thinning to allow more light penetration through the canopy.
4 Alleyne Close Reading RG1 7LZ
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1018
Change of use of building Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 100 dwellings. Prior notification under class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning(General Permitted Development)Order 2015 (as amended)
Soane Point 6-8 Market Place Reading RG1 2EG
Received 18 Jun 2021 - ValidPL/21/1019
Conversion of building into Wellbeing Centre for NHS staff.
17 Craven Road Reading RG1 5LE
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1020
Fell one Wellingtonia
19 Maitland Road Reading RG1 6NL
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1021
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a two storey, 5 bedroom dwelling
8 Kelmscott Close Caversham Reading RG4 7DG
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1022
Single storey rear extension. Two storey side and single storey front extension to provide ancillary accommodation. Demolition of conservatory, garage and store (Amended Description).
80 Halls Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4PX
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1023
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Construction Method Statement), 4 (Landscaping), 6 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 7 (Contamination Assessment), 8 (Contamination Remediation),9 (Contamination Validation Report) and 22(Emissions) of planning permission ref. 200974
Land to Rear Of 17 Eldon Square Reading
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1024
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) of Listed Building consent 200975
17 Eldon Square Reading
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1025
New single storey rear extension with two roof lights and demolish existing rear extension
14 Brayford Road Reading RG2 8LT
Received 21 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1028
Change of use from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 10 flats. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
70 South View Avenue Caversham Reading
Received 18 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1029
Rear extension measuring 7.0 m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.7m, and 2.7m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of theTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
219 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HY
Received 19 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1030
Minor amendment of condition 26 of planning permission 201735 to require the submission and approval of the end user skills plan prior to occupation
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Palmer Park Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LF
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1031
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 9 (Bus Stop)of application 201619
Reading International Business Park Land to the South of A33 Relief Road Reading Berkshire RG2 6DA
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1032
Discharge of condition 10 (arboricultural report) of planning permission 101656/EXT
5-9 Berkeley Avenue Reading RG1 6EL
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1033
Discharge of condition 5 (v) (contamination) of planning permission 101656/EXT, allowed at appeal ref: APP/E0345/A/11/2151515
5-9 Berkeley Avenue Reading RG1 6EL
Received 22 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1035
Certificate of lawfulness to convert the ground floor shop (A1) to 1 x2 bedroom flat (C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M of the Town andCountry Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
93 St Peters Road Reading RG6 1PG
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1036
Application to discharge condition 7 (biodiversity enhancements) of planning permission ref. 190650
Greyfriars Church Friar Street Reading
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1037
Replace existing notice board with two new signs which are 1423mm x 1031 each and 2.5m high
St Agnes Church Hall Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 8DE
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1039
Advertisement Consent Replace the existing wooden notice board with two new fixed notice boards in a v format which will be used to display church events and seasonal services and times
St Barnabas Church Hall Elm Road Reading RG6 5TS
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1040
Erection of an outbuilding as gym/office.
267 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3BE
Received 23 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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