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.
12,072 approved · 1,433 refused · 1,422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
32 Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PE
Received 30 Mar 2022513 Basingstoke Road Reading RG2 0SH
Received 30 Mar 2022Flat 1 118 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7NG
Received 31 Mar 2022Flat 1 118 Oxford Road Reading RG1 7NG
Received 31 Mar 2022Co-Operative Bank Plc 34 St Marys Butts Reading RG1 2LQ
Received 31 Mar 20222 Russet Glade Reading RG4 8UJ
Received 31 Mar 202241 Elm Park Road Reading RG30 2TP
Received 14 Apr 20226 Elsley Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RN
Received 14 Apr 2022109B Oxford Road Reading RG1 7UD
Received 14 Apr 20228B Wardle Avenue Reading RG31 6JR
Received 14 Apr 202249 Southcote Lane Reading RG30 3AG
Received 15 Apr 202222 Scott Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8NY
Received 15 Apr 202282 Ruskin Caversham Reading RG4 6LF
Received 18 Apr 202220 Coley Hill Reading RG1 6AE
Received 18 Apr 2022Knighton Close Caversham Reading
Received 18 Apr 202246 Chester Street Reading
Received 19 Apr 202296 Kendrick Road Reading RG1 5DW
Received 19 Apr 2022175 Friar Street Reading
Received 19 Apr 2022301 London Road Reading RG1 3NZ
Received 19 Apr 2022173-174 Friar Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1HE
Received 19 Apr 2022Reading International Business Park A33 Relief Road Reading
Received 19 Apr 2022Site to Rear of 19-21 Western Elms Avenue Reading RG30 2AL
Received 19 Apr 202231 Castle Street Reading RG1 7SB
Received 20 Apr 202225 Clevedon Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RL
Received 20 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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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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