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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 dates18,209Searchable applications
421Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,294 approved or refused records
1,284Refused applications
11,010 approved · 1,284 refused · 1,292 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/21/1513
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 20 of application 192032 (Tree Protection).
Station Hill North Reading
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1515
Erection of single storey side and rear extension, to create new kitchen diner and utility room
54 Grosvenor Road Caversham Reading RG4 5EN
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1517
Change of use of uppers floors to six dwellings (Class C3) with use of part of ground floor for cycle parking, refuse and recycling store,alterations and rear extension to listed building
38 Oxford Road and 3-5 Cheapside Reading RG1 7LA
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1518
Listed Building Consent for Change of use of uppers floors to six dwellings (Class C3) with use of part of ground floor for cycle parking, refuse and recycling store, alterations and rear extension
38 Oxford Road and 3-5 Cheapside Reading RG1 7LA
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1519
T1 Lime - Remove all basal growth and epicormic growth from the main stem up to the pollard heads.
17 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5RU
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1520
Certificate of Lawfulness for a 4 person, 4 bedroom Small HMO (C4 use class).
12 Blenheim Road Reading RG1 5NQ
Received 13 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1522
Retrospective planning permission for removal of link bridge (AmendedDescription)
400 Longwater Avenue Reading RG2 6GF
Received 14 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1595
Single storey rear wraparound extension and internal alterations
24 Prospect Street Reading RG1 7YG
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1596
Extended Roof Loft Conversion with 3no Rear Dormers and 3no Roof Lights to Front Elevation. Demolition of Existing conservatory and Newsingle Storey Rear Extension. Conversion of Existing Outbuilding to Annexe with new Pitched Roof. New Front Porch. Rendering to Existing Brick elevations and Replacement of all Windows.
55a Armour Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HA
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1597
Construction of garage within the garden
69 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NQ
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1598
Construction of home office / shed garden outbuilding.
31 The Grove Reading RG1 4RB
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1599
Use of first floor as a flat (Class C3)
Flat 1 44 Addington Road Reading RG1 5PX
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1600
Discharge of conditions 3 and 5 of planning consent 190738
Caversham Baptist Free Church South Street Caversham Reading RG4 8HY
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1601
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed 1.5m wooden fence along the side boundary at the front of the property
22 Fairfax Close Caversham Reading RG4 6DA
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1602
Prune to former 'pollard' points 1x mature Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus); Crown thin by 20% and reduce by 2.5 - 3 m 1x mature Walnut tree (Juglans regia), crown lift away from neighbouring property, prune back major branch from house Hard prune to reduce 1x mature Goat Willow tree (Salix caprea), cutting back to former 'pollard' points. Crown clean all the above trees removing major dead wood, trim and tidy front hedge row.
63 Russell Street Reading RG1 7XG
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1603
Fell one Oak at 30 Brackendale Way
30 Brackendale Way Reading RG6 1DZ
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1604
Oak tree (T5 of TPO 8/05) - selective removal of the 5 lowest branchesoverhanging the driveway. Trimming back by 1.5 metres the remaining epicormic growth overhanging the driveway up to 4 metres above drieway.
7 Mapledene Caversham Reading RG4 7DQ
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1605
Single storey rear extension
22 South Street Caversham Reading RG4 8HY
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1606
Single storey rear extension plus internal alterations
22 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HE
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1607
Single storey flat roof rear extension, replacement windows
20 St Johns Hill Reading RG1 4EE
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1608
Discharge of conditions 6 Cycle storage, 7 CMS, and 14 EV charging of planning consent 210997
171 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0HF
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1609
Discharge of condition 3 (Details of Formal Surveillance Measures) of planning consent 210577 (Amended Description)
134-135 Friar Street Reading RG1 1EX
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1610
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
31 Lowfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 6NL
Received 27 Sept 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1611
Single storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory and associated internal alterations.
23 Burnham Rise Emmer Green Reading RG4 8XJ
Received 27 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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