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.
12,675 approved · 1,488 refused · 1,477 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Nov 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
206 Caversham Road Reading RG1 8AZ
Received 7 Oct 20159 Queensborough Drive Caversham Reading RG4 7JA
Received 7 Oct 201558 Callington Road Reading RG2 7QR
Received 7 Oct 201512-14 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1TG
Received 8 Oct 201512-14 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1TG
Received 8 Oct 201523 Friar Street Reading RG1 1DP
Received 8 Oct 201557 Castle Street Reading
Received 6 Oct 201512-14 Queen Victoria Street Reading RG1 1TG
Received 8 Oct 201511 Tofrek Terrace Reading RG30 2JS
Received 8 Oct 201526 Recreation Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4UA
Received 6 Oct 201535 Linden Road Reading RG2 7EG
Received 8 Oct 201518-20 Church Street Caversham Reading RG4 8AU
Received 9 Oct 201552 Vine Crescent Reading RG30 3LU
Received 9 Oct 2015277 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7QP
Received 7 Oct 201535-43 Greyfriars Road Reading RG1 1JH
Received 9 Oct 2015Garrard House 30 Garrard Street Reading RG1 1NR
Received 9 Oct 201544 Goldsmid Road Reading RG1 7YB
Received 12 Oct 201517 Erleigh Road Reading
Received 8 Oct 20157 Erleigh Road Reading
Received 28 Sept 201510 Park Lane Tilehurst Reading
Received 23 Oct 20159 Manchester Road Reading RG1 3QD
Received 26 Oct 201515 Pierces Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RB
Received 26 Oct 201573 Brunel Road Reading RG30 3JJ
Received 23 Oct 2015Thames Tower 37-45 Station Road Reading RG1 1LX
Received 26 Oct 2015Records 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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