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.
12,039 approved · 1,431 refused · 1,417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jun 2014 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
12 Eastern Avenue Reading RG1 5RY
Received 28 Feb 2022Unit 1, Jacksons Corner 1-9 Kings Road Reading RG1 3AS
Received 17 Mar 202230 Prospect Street Caversham Reading
Received 17 Mar 2022The Grosvenor Ph 109 Kidmore Road Caversham Reading RG4 7NH
Received 17 Mar 202215 Highmead Close Reading RG2 7NG
Received 18 Mar 20229 Cardigan Road Reading RG1 5QL
Received 18 Mar 2022Trinity Hall South Street Reading RG1 4QU
Received 18 Mar 2022335 Peppard Road Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UX
Received 18 Mar 20221 Queensborough Drive Reading RG4 7JA
Received 18 Mar 20223 Grove Hill Emmer Green Reading RG4 8PN
Received 21 Mar 202291 Shaftesbury Road Reading RG30 2QJ
Received 21 Mar 202245 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HJ
Received 20 Mar 202247 Woodcote Way Caversham Reading RG4 7HJ
Received 20 Mar 202269 London Road Reading RG1 5BW
Received 21 Mar 202262 Lowfield Road Caversham Reading RG4 6PB
Received 21 Mar 20222 Wimborne Gardens Tilehurst Reading RG30 6UJ
Received 21 Mar 2022Garages To The Rear Of 51 To 65 Wensley Road Reading
Received 29 Mar 20227 Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4HF
Received 29 Mar 202260 Sheridan Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7QD
Received 29 Mar 202220 North Street Caversham Reading RG4 8JA
Received 29 Mar 2022106 Westfield Road Reading RG4 8HJ
Received 30 Mar 202262 Hunters Chase Caversham Reading RG4 7XH
Received 30 Mar 2022Unit 8-10 Hyperion Way Reading RG2 0HG
Received 30 Mar 202291 St Peters Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7DP
Received 30 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage