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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 dates17,785Searchable applications
423Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 11,985 approved or refused records
1,259Refused applications
10,726 approved · 1,259 refused · 1,272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/21/1114
Works to various trees in a conservation area
21 New Road Reading RG1 5JD
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1115
T1 (cherry) reshape multi-stemmed cherry tree to eliminate overhang in branches above decked area, removing approximately 2.5m on average
4 Brownlow Road Reading RG1 6NP
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1116
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (details of the contrasting colour bricks) of application 190900
St Mary Magdalen Church Kentwood Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 6DR
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1117
Proposed first floor side extension and loft conversion following modification to the existing roof
22 Long Barn Lane Reading RG2 7SZ
Received 6 Jul 2021 - ClosedPL/21/1119
Change of use of from Class B1(a) (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 1 Dwelling House. Prior Notification under Class O, Part 3of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
49 St Peters Road Reading RG6 1NT
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1120
I am seeking permission to remove a large holm-oak tree in my back garden at 19 Marlborough Avenue. Also to remove a young Holly growing beside the holm-oak. It is a self-seeded tree, which has recently put on a spurt of growth after several years at a manageable size. Now itsdusty catkins fall into my own garden and into a shared footpath and also the garden of my neighbour at No. 17, where they are of particular concern because one member of the family has respiratory difficulties. It is also much too close to the houses for such a tall tree, and with its present abundant foliage it already darkens rooms upstairs and downstairs in my own house and my neighbour's.
19 Marlborough Avenue Reading RG1 5JB
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1121
Extension of ground floor garage space with construction of new first floor bedroom over and a new porch (amended)
April Ridge Woods Road Caversham Reading RG4 6NA
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1122
Rear infill extension to form new kitchen diner and first floor extension to rear to increase existing bedroom.
5 Pembroke Place Caversham Reading RG4 5HU
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1123
Discharge of condition 38 (Secured by Design) of planning permission 200122, as granted on 16/12/2020.
Wensley Road Reading
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1124
Limes G1 - removal of basal growth 4 times a year for the next 5 years; G2 - removal of one tree; Prune Cedar overhanging No. 15
Flat 7, Warren House Court St Peters Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7RG
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1125
Rear conservatory
62 Whitley Wood Lane Reading RG2 8PP
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1126
Remove one branch from a Cherry and one from a Hornbeam
84 Elmhurst Road Reading RG1 5HY
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1127
Complete redevelopment of Ranikhet Academy Primary School, comprising construction of a new two form entry, two storey school building, new Multi Use Games Area, Car Parking, playground areas and other landscaped features along with the demolitions of all existing school buildings
Ranikhet Primary School Spey Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4ED
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1128
First floor side and single storey rear extensions
14 The Rise Caversham Reading RG4 8NZ
Received 6 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1130
Rear extension measuring 6.0m and 5.64m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.35m and 2.4m 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
27 St Bartholomews Road Reading RG1 3QA
Received 7 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1216
Proposed Single-Storey Rear Extension Plus Internal Alterations To Dwelling
11 Midsummer Meadow Caversham Reading RG4 7XD
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1217
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (CMS), 7 (EV Charging Points), 8 (Landscaping), 9 (Boundary Treatment), 11 (SAP details) of planning permission 201170
16 Richmond Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PP
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1218
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use of Flat 7 as a self-contained flat
Flat 7 222 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1AB
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1219
Proposed conversion of existing dwelling to 4 No apartments following part implementation of rear extension to Existing Listed Building (amended description)
72 Southampton Street Reading
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1220
Proposed conversion of existing dwelling to 4 No apartments following part implementation of rear extension to Existing Listed Building (amended description)
72 Southampton Street Reading
Received 23 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1221
Proposed single storey rear extension to create extended Lounge/Diner.
11 Maytree Walk Caversham Reading RG4 6LZ
Received 24 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1222
Single storey rear extension
294 Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 6LS
Received 25 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0373
Change of use of existing restaurant and bar (Use Class E) to form a 3 bedroom Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) including ancillary storage at ground floor level
Pipers Island, Pipers Island Ltd Bridge Street Reading RG4 8AH
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/0384
Crown Lift and remove deadwood from all trees as required on survey list up to 6 metres from ground level due to overhanging branches and excessive shading. Additional, Crown lift limes and horse chestnut andremove all deadwood and large overhanging branches and reduce crown height into neighbours gardens.
Regency Heights Caversham Reading
Received 10 Mar 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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