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.
11,315 approved · 1,321 refused · 1,326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Victoria Street Reading RG1 4NQ
Received 1 Dec 202214 St Annes Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PA
Received 2 Dec 202227-33 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AA
Received 2 Dec 202227-33 Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AA
Received 2 Dec 202222 Gurney Close Caversham Reading RG4 7LE
Received 2 Dec 2022452 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0QE
Received 2 Dec 20224 Randolph Road Reading RG1 8EB
Received 5 Dec 20229 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HF
Received 5 Dec 202280 Whitley Wood Road Reading RG2 8JE
Received 5 Dec 2022180 Thirlmere Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XJ
Received 5 Dec 20222 Kelmscott Close Caversham Reading RG4 7DG
Received 5 Dec 20222 Alexandra Road Reading RG1 5PE
Received 29 Dec 20212 Howard Street Reading RG1 7XS
Received 28 Feb 202220 Lancaster Close Reading RG1 5HB
Received 1 Mar 202261 Elmstone Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NS
Received 24 Feb 20221 Bedford Road Reading RG1 7EU
Received 1 Mar 202221 Wedgewood Way Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BY
Received 1 Mar 202237 Oak Tree Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JU
Received 1 Mar 20229 Bath Road Reading RG1 6HH
Received 16 Mar 2022Heath Point Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7ED
Received 17 Mar 202223 Waylen Street Reading RG1 7UP
Received 9 Feb 202228 Crawshay Drive Emmer Green Reading RG4 8SX
Received 26 Jan 2022Land to the Rear of 12-14 Wantage Road Reading RG30 2SE
Received 26 Jan 2022Unit 1 Stadium Way Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BX
Received 27 Jan 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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