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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 dates17,967Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,111 approved or refused records
1,269Refused applications
10,842 approved · 1,269 refused · 1,284 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/21/1110
Single storey front extension and new flat roof over existing garage/study
71 Hildens Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HZ
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1111
Proposed conversion of garage to habitable room including extension to front and roof of garage
6 Chelford Way Caversham Reading RG4 7PT
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1113
T1 (lilac) : Heavy reduction to reduce lean. T2 (olive, <10cm DBH): crown lift and lightly reshape
7 New Road Reading RG1 5JD
Received 5 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1186
Proposed siting of extraction and ventilation equipment to roof to rear
89 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LH
Received 17 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1187
Proposed works to TPO trees T.1 Robinia by garage and T.2-13 Limes along rear boundary
The Glen Boundary Lane Caversham Reading RG4 7TD
Received 19 Jul 2021 - ClosedPL/21/1188
Single storey side extension
29 Windermere Road Reading RG2 7HU
Received 19 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1189
Additional storey plus proposed rear and side two storey extensions
126 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QD
Received 19 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1190
Change of use of dwelling (Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (Class C4) (retrospective)
38 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0EL
Received 19 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2073
Single storey extension to forecourt shop following demolition of car wash
Service Station Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0HP
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2074
Oak (T9): Reduce height and radial branch spread, crown lift, remove deadwood.
60 Western Elms Avenue Reading
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2075
Rear extension measuring 4.745m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.4m, 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.
35 De Montfort Road Reading RG1 8DL
Received 22 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1738
Various alterations to existing dwelling house including rear and sidefacing dormer extensions, first floor terrace, erection of wall in front garden, garage conversion and window and door alterations (amended description).
10a Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PE
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1739
Demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of 9 new houses with associated parking and landscaping
2 Send Road Caversham Reading RG4 8EH
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1812
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed construction of a single storey rear extension and loft conversion with a flat roof dormer.
32 Mill Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DP
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1813
Proposed erection of a 4-storey building comprising 3 x 2-bed flats and 1 x 1-bed flat. Single storey rear extension, third storey extension with associated internal alterations.
58 Kings Road Reading
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1814
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single storey rear extension and loft conversion with a flat roof rear dormer.
34 Mill Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DP
Received 8 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1315
Alteration on the front extension. Insertion of rooflight.
102 Lowfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 6PB
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1316
3mm aluminium panel, powder coated to ral 3023, panel cnc cut with yellow acrylic and dot detail, letters and dots to illuminate only viainternal leds
134-135 Friar Street Reading RG1 1EX
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1317
Single storey rear extension with a flat roof. Insertion of rooflights.
96 Lower Henley Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LE
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1197
Retrospective sub division of existing floor area to create a Barber'sShop with minor alteration to shop front to create new entrance door.
14 Milestone Way Precinct Milestone Way Caversham Reading RG4 8XW
Received 20 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1198
3 no. Internally illuminated flexface signs, 4 no. Non-illuminated retro frames, 1 no. Wall Sign
Unit 5 Reading Gate Retail Park A33 Relief Road Reading RG2 0QG
Received 20 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1199
Non material amendment to planning permission 191144 for the rewordingof Condition 10 to allow demolition of the single storey storage building within the rear garden to slab level.
49a-51a George Street Reading RG1 7NP
Received 20 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1200
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use as a 7 person, 7 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)
84 Grange Avenue Reading RG6 1DL
Received 20 Jul 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1203
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Single storey side extension
69 Queens Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DN
Received 21 Jul 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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