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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 dates
17,840Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 12,030 approved or refused records
1,264Refused applications

10,766 approved · 1,264 refused · 1,275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026
Planning 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.

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

  1. Decision MadePL/21/0271

    Discharge of condition 5 (Demolition and Construction / Environmental Method Statement) of planning permission 200122, as granted on 16/12/2020 (amended description) (partly sought retrospectively)

    Wensley Road Reading

    Received 18 Feb 2021
  2. Decision MadePL/21/0713

    Fascia signage, logo signage and hanging sign

    47 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7QG

    Received 5 May 2021
  3. Decision MadePL/21/0714

    Variation of conditions 6 (hedge height and density) and 13 (hours of floodlighting) of planning permission 120948 (for Development of an all weather playing field with floodlights and fencing), namely to remove section of hedge and replace with railings, pillars and brick wall and to increase the hours of use of floodlighting

    The Abbey School 17 Kendrick Road Reading RG1 5DZ

    Received 5 May 2021
  4. Decision MadePL/21/0715

    Discharge of condition 7 (vehicle access serving the refuse collectionarea details) of planning permission 200122, as granted on 16/12/2020.

    Wensley Road Reading

    Received 6 May 2021
  5. Decision MadePL/21/0716

    Demolish existing detached store room and construct new attached garage

    4 Victoria Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5AE

    Received 7 May 2021
  6. Decision MadePL/21/0717

    Additional storey to increase the height of the building by 2.3 metres. Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

    126 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QD

    Received 7 May 2021
  7. Decision MadePL/21/0718

    As requested, please find attached photos of the fallen tree. Looking at the foliage at the bottom of the tree, it may be a Sycamore? There isn’t much to go on with foliage I’m afraid. Our intention at the point is to remove the remainder of the trunk (you can see it clearly towering above the roof in one of the pictures). Please accept this email notification that Housing 21 are giving 6 week notice of our intention to remove the remaining tree trunk. I believe we can carry out the works from Friday 18th June.

    Woodrow Court Caversham Reading

    Received 7 May 2021
  8. Decision MadePL/21/1014

    Sycamore (T2 on TPO map - on neighbouring land) remove lower limbs that are touching the roof back to source (see photos) Oak (G1 - Western-most tree in Group 1) crown lift to first major fork at approximately 7m above ground level, removing epicormic growth approximately 3m reduction on house side, approximately 2 m reduction elsewhere (see photos)

    4 Conisboro Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HT

    Received 20 Jun 2021
  9. Decision MadePL/21/1015

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5, 6, and 25 of application 201735

    Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Palmer Park Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LF

    Received 21 Jun 2021
  10. Decision MadePL/21/1016

    Proposed single storey rear extension to replace existing single storey rear extensions.

    34 Knights Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RH

    Received 21 Jun 2021
  11. Decision MadePL/21/1090

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed erection of an outbuilding in the back garden.

    70 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7JS

    Received 1 Jul 2021
  12. Decision MadePL/21/1091

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single storey rear extension

    11 Maytree Walk Caversham Reading RG4 6LZ

    Received 1 Jul 2021
  13. Decision MadePL/21/1092

    Non Material Amendment to permitted application 160569 to remove the link bridge between buildings

    400 Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6GF

    Received 1 Jul 2021
  14. Decision MadePL/21/1093

    Insertion of new window to rear elevation

    Dukesbridge House 23 Duke Street Reading

    Received 1 Jul 2021
  15. Decision MadePL/21/1095

    Single storey pitched side extension. Single storey part pitched, part flat roof rear extension. Existing garage demolished. (Amended Description)

    61 Balmore Drive Caversham Reading RG4 8NN

    Received 1 Jul 2021
  16. Decision MadePL/20/1860

    Regulation 5 notification for the installation of fixed-line broadbandapparatus (1 x 10m wooden pole (8.2m above ground)) at Pendower, The Warren.

    near Pendower The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TH

    Received 18 Dec 2020
  17. Decision MadePL/20/1862

    Retention of 1 no. double-stack demountable modular double classroom unit and temporary macadam playground for a further 5 years

    Alfred Sutton Primary School Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1JR

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  18. Decision MadePL/20/1863

    Erection of storage shed at Church Hall

    Church Hall 153 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LW

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  19. Decision MadePL/20/1864

    Change of use of part basement, first and second floors from dental surgery (Use Class D1) to residential (Use Class C3) for 5 flats

    165 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UZ

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  20. Decision MadePL/20/1865

    Internal and external alterations in association with proposed change of use of part basement, first and second floors from dental surgery (Use Class D1) to residential (Use Class C3) for 5 flats

    165 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UZ

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  21. Decision MadePL/20/1866

    Proposed loft conversion with 2 hip-to-gable roof extensions, 1 x sidedormer roof extension and insertion of roof lights

    72 Northcourt Avenue Reading RG2 7HQ

    Received 23 Dec 2020
  22. Decision MadePL/20/1867

    Non-material amendment to approved application 190179 (single storey Side and rear extension and new ground floor side window) Additional side window and french doors added to side elevation.

    84 Bulmershe Road Reading RG1 5RJ

    Received 23 Dec 2020
  23. Decision MadePL/21/0056

    Two storey side extension

    12 Uffington Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 5LY

    Received 12 Jan 2021
  24. Decision MadePL/21/0059

    Single storey rear extension with 3 glazed rooflights

    1 Lancaster Close Reading RG1 5HB

    Received 12 Jan 2021

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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.

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