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.
12,770 approved · 1,496 refused · 1,484 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 All Hallows Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LP
Received 8 Dec 201513 All Hallows Road Caversham Reading RG4 5LP
Received 8 Dec 2015North of Whiteknights Reservoir Whiteknights Road Reading
Received 9 Dec 201513 Salcombe Road Reading RG2 7LH
Received 9 Dec 2015Land adjacent to 9 Linden Road Reading RG2 7EG
Received 9 Dec 20151 Derby Road Caversham Reading RG4 5HE
Received 9 Dec 201544 Western Elms Avenue Reading RG30 2AN
Received 30 Nov 2015Unit 1A Bensons For Beds, Reading Link Retail Park Rose Kiln Lane Reading RG2 0SN
Received 10 Dec 201559a Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7SS
Received 10 Dec 2015Flats 1-10 The Hollies 155 Wokingham Road Reading RG6 1LP
Received 10 Dec 201568 Broad Street Reading
Received 10 Dec 201523 St Peters Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7DD
Received 10 Dec 20151 Oak Tree Copse Tilehurst Reading RG31 6PX
Received 11 Dec 2015182 Barnsdale Road Reading RG2 7JP
Received 11 Dec 20155 Weighbridge Row Reading RG1 8LX
Received 22 Dec 2015Land North Of Island Road Reading RG2 0RP
Received 23 Dec 2015Linden Mews The Mount Reading RG1 5HL
Received 23 Dec 2015Land To The Rear Of 246-250 Rodway Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 6EG
Received 23 Dec 2015Land north of Island Road Reading
Received 23 Dec 201546 Watlington Street Reading
Received 23 Dec 2015Lampost on Buckingham Drive Near Peppard Road junction Emmer Green RG4 8NG
Received 23 Dec 2015St Georges Hall St Georges Road Reading
Received 23 Dec 201523 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BH
Received 23 Dec 201523 Broad Street Reading RG1 2BH
Received 23 Dec 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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