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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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 dates18,254Searchable applications
422Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 12,329 approved or refused records
1,290Refused applications
11,039 approved · 1,290 refused · 1,296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/21/1897
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 21 (Landscaping) of application 201735
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Palmer Park Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LF
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1898
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 17 (Interim BREEAM) of application 201734
Rivermead Leisure Complex Richfield Avenue Reading RG1 8EQ
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1900
Works to trees TPO 187/06 - 37 Send Road and TPO 149/06 - 42 Mill Green
37 Send Road Caversham Reading RG4 8EH
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1903
Non-material amendments to permission 180624 (granted on 06/02/2019 for the erection of 2 buildings to provide 9 residential units) to alter the finished floor levels and window head heights at plots 7-9.
57 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XX
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1904
Non-Material Amendment to approved application ref 201492 for the removal and replacement of tree (Lawson Cypress) as supported by revised TPP and AMS, revision to Condition 3 (approved plans) and Condition 4 (AMS/TPP).
16 Russet Glade Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UJ
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1905
Revised Proposals for the Single storey side extension with part double and part single storey rear extensions, new dormer to front elevation.(Revised proposals to 1st floor following approval of planning application referenced 200899)
557 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0SH
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1907
Remove existing conservatory and erect a replacement single storey rear extension. Erect a single storey outbuilding in rear garden.
18 Tymawr Caversham Reading RG4 7XR
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1981
Demolition of existing garage and replacement with new single garage. 3 storey rear extension with basement extension following demolition of rear outhouse extension. Removal of single pier to front boundary and insertion of new ironwork gate.
85 Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RB
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1984
Extension and alterations to ground and first floor from 3 bedroom house to form 1 x one bedroom and 1 x two bedroom apartments .
33 Drayton Road Reading RG30 2PH
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1985
Minor amendment to condition 2 of planning permission 190858 to increase the height of the parapet and sloping roofs.
Green Park Station
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1986
Conversion of loft space with front and rear dormers to form additional bedroom and bathroom
36a Wantage Road Reading RG30 2SF
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1987
Rear single storey extension
33 Alexandra Road Reading RG1 5PG
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1988
Rear extension measuring 6.0 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a maximum height of 2.98 metres, and 2.77 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
77 Norfolk Road Reading RG30 2EG
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1990
Part single part double storey side and rear extension
8 Hartland Road Reading RG2 8BN
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1991
Proposed 2 storey rear and side extension.
40 Edenham Crescent Reading RG1 6HU
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1992
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) of application 172312
Dee Park Community Centre Thurso Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4YH
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1993
Application for approval of details reserved by Conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (CMS), 6 Noise), 19 (SAP Design), and 24 (Floor Levels)of application 191660
54 Queens Road Reading RG1 4AZ
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1994
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of 2 detached dwellings including car ports
27 Gravel Hill Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QN
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/1996
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed hip to gable rear dormer to facilitate a loft conversion with 2x roof lights installed on the front roof slope and a side window fixed shut and obscure glazed above1.7m measure form the finished floor level.
3 Ennerdale Road Reading RG2 7HH
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2001
Tree 1 Eucalyptus – removal of the two largest branches as part of occasional maintenance tree work to keep this tree to a safe and manageable size. Tree 2 Alder – removal of the entire small tree because it is growing over our wall in to a neighbouring property. Tree 3 Silver Birch – removal of the largest branch and reduction in size of second largest branch, both of which could fall outside of ourgarden in to neighbouring properties. The crown of this tree is dead and the branches occasionally fall off it.
114 Hamilton Road Reading RG1 5RE
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/21/2002
Proposed velux conversion to great a habitable bedroom.
29 Leven Street Tilehurst Reading RG30 4GX
Received 13 Dec 2021 - Decision MadePL/22/0652
Change of use of two agricultural buildings into 3 dwellings.
Chambers Copse Kidmore End Road Chalkhouse Green Reading RG4 9AU
Received 4 May 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/0653
Change of use of 1st Floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
16 Bridge Street Caversham Reading
Received 4 May 2022 - Decision MadePL/22/0656
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Removal of existing lean-to andreplace by construction of a single storey extension to the rear elevation of the property.
35 Stoneham Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HB
Received 4 May 2022
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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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