Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,056 approved · 1,292 refused · 1,298 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
387 Oxford Road Reading
Received 27 May 2022301 London Road Reading RG1 3NZ
Received 27 May 20223 Grange Avenue Reading RG6 1DJ
Received 30 May 202257 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XX
Received 30 May 2022Flat 2, Eastcliff The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TH
Received 30 May 2022114 London Street Reading RG1 4SJ
Received 30 May 20225 Devonshire Park Reading RG2 7DX
Received 30 May 202227 St Edwards Road Reading RG6 1NL
Received 31 May 202256 Tern Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 4AZ
Received 31 May 2022The Atrium Health Club Scours Lane Tilehurst Reading RG30 6AY
Received 31 May 202252 Ringwood Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6TX
Received 31 May 2022Phase 6A Green Park Village
Received 15 Jun 2022Phase 6A Green Park Village
Received 15 Jun 2022Phase 6A Green Park Village
Received 15 Jun 2022Green Park Village Community Hub
Received 15 Jun 20227 Mayfield Drive Caversham Reading RG4 5JP
Received 15 Jun 202227 St Peters Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7DD
Received 15 Jun 202270 Woodcote Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 7EX
Received 15 Jun 20226 Downshire Square Reading RG1 6NJ
Received 15 Jun 202245 Broad Street Reading RG1 7QE
Received 16 Jun 202221 Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JU
Received 16 Jun 2022Leighton Park School, Grove House Shinfield Road Reading Reading RG2 7DE
Received 16 Jun 20222 Polsted Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6HR
Received 16 Jun 202235 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XX
Received 16 Jun 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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