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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 dates18,024Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,153 approved or refused records
1,272Refused applications
10,881 approved · 1,272 refused · 1,287 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1528
Single storey side extension, new separate access to the rear garden and loft conversion to include hip-to-gable roof extension, rear dormer, Juliet Balcony, windows and 2x rooflights.
Woodcote Way Post Office 30 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HJ
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1529
Rear extension measuring 4.9m in depth, with a maximum height of 3m and 2.9m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction ofan extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015
35 Lesford Road Reading RG1 6DX
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1530
Single story rear extension
43 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BT
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1531
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (CMS), 11(Landscaping), 15 (Sustainable building) and 18 (Archaeology) of application 201233
5 Grass Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7TJ
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1532
Use of ground floor as restaurant (Class E)
141-145 Caversham Road Reading RG1 8AU
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1534
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 34 (Ecological Management Plan) of Application 192032
Station Hill North Reading
Received 15 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1535
A loft conversion, erection of dormers, insertion of roof lights, rearextension and side porch.
197 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NW
Received 15 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1536
Lime (T1) Fell due to Kretzschmaria Deusta
25 Hewett Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EA
Received 15 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1537
Application for Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use including up to two flats (Use Class C3)for a Proposed use as a 2- bedroom, 3- person flat. Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class G
1 The Triangle Tilehurst Reading RG30 4RW
Received 15 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1539
Proposed conversion of existing building (Class E) to form 4 residential units together with three storey rear extension and front and rear dormer windows and associated works
25 South Street Reading RG1 4QU
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1540
New single storey side and rear extension with decking
5 Hazelwood Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NX
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1542
Installation of 18m monopole and ancillary equipment
Pepper Lane Reading
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1543
First floor extension and enlargement of bungalow
120 Chapel Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 5DH
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1544
Change of Use from B1a to C3 with associated alterations to divide thebuilding into 2 maisonettes and 1 flat, removal of upvc windows to front elevation and replacement with correct style of timber box sash windows, replacement to 2 windows facing onto courtyard with doors to provide access to amenity space. Application under s73a to remove conditions 4, 6, 7 and 14 of permission reference 161550 (retrospective)
159 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UY
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1545
Proposed cladding and canopy
Unit 28 Worton Drive Reading RG2 0TG
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1546
Non-Material Amendment to approved Proposed Site Plan (to reflect replacing approved gate with droppable bollards) for application 210997
171 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HF
Received 16 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1619
Both trees are Fraxinus excelsior. Numbers G7 on the tree preservationorder for 7 Grass Hill.Both trees need to be extensively pollarded.
7 Grass Hill Caversham Reading RG4 7TJ
Received 28 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1620
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) of planning application 110954
8 Surley Row Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LY
Received 28 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1622
Part garage conversion, single storey side/rear extension, incorporating existing brick garden stores and replacing existing flatroof with pitched roof. New rooflight on main roof
25 The Mount Reading RG1 5HL
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1623
Installation of 20m lattice tower supporting 6no. antenna apertures and 4no. 600mm dishes, and associated ancillary equipment within fenced compound
80 George Street Caversham Reading RG4 8DH
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1625
Change of use from Class E(e) (medical) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 6 Apartments. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
2 Priory Avenue Caversham Reading
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1626
Demolition of existing garage block and car repair garage and erection of flatted development comprising 13 apartments and E(g) office building together with parking, access and associated works
Land to the Rear of 303 - 315 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1AU
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1627
Single storey rear extension
47 Kiln Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UE
Received 29 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1630
Two storey side and single storey front and rear extensions, front andrear rooflights (amended description)
4 Waybrook Crescent Reading RG1 5RG
Received 30 Sept 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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