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.
11,343 approved · 1,326 refused · 1,332 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Highmead Close Reading RG2 7NG
Received 22 Mar 202231 Castle Street Reading RG1 7SB
Received 22 Mar 2022Western Elms Lodge Western Elms Avenue Reading RG30 1AT
Received 22 Mar 2022Caversham Park, Peppard Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 8TZ
Received 17 Mar 2022Caversham Park, Peppard Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 8TZ
Received 17 Mar 20228 The Rise Reading RG4 8NZ
Received 22 Mar 202285 Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BB
Received 22 Mar 2022Land to the Rear of 104 Berkeley Avenue Reading RG1 6HY
Received 22 Mar 202224 Morecambe Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7NL
Received 22 Mar 20226 The Horse Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8TT
Received 22 Mar 20223 Park Crescent Reading RG30 2NL
Received 23 Mar 202253a Christchurch Road Reading RG2 7AT
Received 23 Mar 202272 Redlands Road Reading RG1 5HU
Received 31 Mar 20221 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7RS
Received 1 Apr 202223 Barnsdale Road Reading RG2 7JG
Received 1 Apr 202267 Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BB
Received 1 Apr 2022Reading International Business Park Land to the South of A33 Relief Road Reading Berkshire RG2 6DA
Received 1 Apr 202231 Brill Close Caversham Reading RG4 7RD
Received 1 Apr 202244 Pottery Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6BQ
Received 1 Apr 202233 Gravel Hill Emmer Green Reading RG4 8QN
Received 1 Apr 202211 Hogarth Avenue Reading RG30 4QW
Received 2 Apr 202215 The Mount Reading RG4 7RU
Received 2 Apr 202222 Fairfax Close Caversham Reading RG4 6DA
Received 2 Apr 202299 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SS
Received 2 Apr 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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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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