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.
11,333 approved · 1,324 refused · 1,330 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thames House 42 Portman Road Reading
Received 2 Mar 202276 Knights Way Emmer Green Reading RG4 8RH
Received 3 Mar 202230 Lowfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 6PA
Received 3 Mar 2022Flat 1 2 Elvian Close Reading RG30 3FL
Received 3 Mar 202241 Kidmore End Road Reading RG4 8SN
Received 3 Mar 202228 Marsack Street Caversham Reading RG4 5AP
Received 3 Mar 202229 Warnford Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4LA
Received 3 Mar 202212 Whitby Green Caversham Reading RG4 6SL
Received 4 Mar 2022120-121 Broad Street Reading Berkshire RG1 2BD
Received 4 Mar 202212 Tilbury Close Caversham Reading
Received 4 Mar 20223 Exwick Square Reading RG2 8NB
Received 4 Mar 2022179 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NW
Received 4 Mar 202223 Parkside Road Reading RG30 2BT
Received 5 Mar 2022Highfield Upper Warren Avenue Reading RG4 7EJ
Received 6 Mar 202212 Brunel Arcade Station Approach Reading RG1 1LT
Received 7 Mar 202224 New Road Reading RG1 5JD
Received 7 Mar 202257 Baker Street Reading RG1 7XX
Received 7 Mar 202211 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HF
Received 7 Mar 20226 Maiwand Gardens Reading RG30 4QF
Received 21 Mar 2022Land at Junction of Rushley Way and Whale Avenue Reading
Received 21 Mar 20229 Eric Avenue Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QU
Received 21 Mar 20223 Delft Close Tilehurst Reading RG30 6EU
Received 22 Mar 2022Main House Erleigh Road Reading RG1 5LW
Received 22 Mar 202295 Grove Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8LW
Received 22 Mar 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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