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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 dates17,898Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,070 approved or refused records
1,267Refused applications
10,803 approved · 1,267 refused · 1,275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1976
Existing garage to be converted to create a Sun Room with a bathroom.
21 Elm Road Reading RG6 5TS
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1977
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension rear dormer roof extension, rooflights on front and rear roofslope andwindow/door changes on west (side) and front (south) elevations (amended description)
1 Hewett Close Caversham Reading RG4 7ER
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1978
Alteration to the front of the dwelling, including front dormer, porch, roof infill and door to window amendment.
1 Hewett Close Caversham Reading RG4 7ER
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1979
Rear extension measuring 6.0 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a maximum height of 3.93 metres, and 2.67 meters in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) 2015
5 Park Crescent Reading RG30 2NL
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2052
The proposal is to undertake building alterations associated with the
107 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AX
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2053
The proposal is to undertake building alterations associated with the conversion of the existing shopfront shop
107 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AX
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2054
1 x Externally illuminated projection sign perpendicular to the façade and existing fascia to be painted (amended description).
107 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AX
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2055
Retrospective application for side and rear extension
7 Lower Armour Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HH
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2056
2 storey side and rear extension
11 Haywood Way Reading RG30 4QP
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2057
Part one, part two storey front, side and rear extensions and various elevational alterations
131a Honey End Lane Reading RG30 4EG
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2058
First floor front and side extension
2 Polsted Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HR
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2059
First floor side extension
2 Polsted Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HR
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2060
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.9m, and 2.9m 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.
8 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NQ
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2061
The demolition of existing driving range structures and the development of a new three-storey 8 form entry school for years 11 -16, including a SEND unit and 300 place 6th form (total school capacity of 1500 pupils) including the creation of a new access from Richfield Avenue, new parking area, cycle parking landscaped areas, external play areas, Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) and sporting pitches
Richfield Driving Range Richfield Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 8EQ
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2063
External alterations, new canopy, provision of a photovoltaic array and the raising of site levels to form new concrete yard.
2-4 Darwin Close Reading RG2 0RB
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2064
T1 Horse chestnut - crown reduce T2 Beech - crown thin and reduce lower branches
35a Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5RX
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2065
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use as self-contained retail unit (barbershop) (Use Class E) on the ground floor and two flats (UseClass C3)
174 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7PL
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2066
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single storey rear extension
8 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NQ
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2067
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m and 2.95m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under Class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning(General Permitted Development)(England)Order 2015
32 Marshland Square Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RP
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2068
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed rear dormer, alteration to rearentrance, existing flat roof replaced with glazed roof, alterations towindows and doors
5 Priest Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7RZ
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2069
2 storey side extension, loft conversion with dormer, skylights, single-storey rear with lanterns, and front porch. (amended)
10 Ennerdale Road Reading RG2 7HH
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2070
Detached car port
1 Ivanhoe Close Reading RG30 2GS
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2071
Replacement windows, ground floor front bay window
14 Denmark Road Reading
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2072
Conversion of the main house to provide 63 assisted living apartments.Construction of a two storey 64 bedroom care home to the west of the main house following demolition of existing buildings; Conversion of the existing buildings along the access to the site to 4 houses. Erection of 33 houses on land lying outside the Historic Park and Garden boundary. Erection of 41 new houses and 12 apartments on land to the east of the main house in the area of existing car parking, hardstanding and infrastructure. Refurbishment and extension of the sports pavilion including the provision of 2 no. croquet lawns, 2 no. bowling greens and an additional tennis court.
Land at Caversham Park Peppard Road Caversham Reading RG4 8TZ
Received 21 Dec 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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