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.
13,165 approved · 1,531 refused · 1,526 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 May 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8a Wardle Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 6JR
Received 8 Nov 2016559 Northumberland Avenue Reading RG2 8NX
Received 8 Nov 20162 Autumn Close Emmer Green Reading RG4 8UL
Received 9 Nov 201636 Broad Street Reading RG1 2AA
Received 9 Nov 201682 Donnington Gardens Reading RG1 5LZ
Received 9 Nov 201622 Harrogate Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PN
Received 21 Nov 201641a Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6LL
Received 21 Nov 20161 Hay Road Reading RG1 6ER
Received 22 Nov 2016Berkshire House 252-256 Kings Road Reading RG1 4HP
Received 21 Nov 201644 Westbourne Terrace Reading RG30 2RP
Received 22 Nov 20167 Simod Court Wantage Road Reading RG30 2HQ
Received 22 Nov 2016371 Gosbrook Road Caversham Reading RG4 8ED
Received 22 Nov 2016Flat A 6 Bath Road Reading RG1 6NB
Received 18 Nov 20164 Paddock Road Caversham Reading RG4 5BY
Received 23 Nov 2016Land to Rear Of 86 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QR
Received 23 Nov 2016Land to Rear Of 86 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QR
Received 23 Nov 201650 Albert Road Caversham Reading RG4 7PF
Received 23 Nov 201618 St Ronans Road Reading RG30 2QE
Received 23 Nov 201649 Elm Park Road Reading
Received 24 Nov 2016324 Hemdean Road Caversham Reading RG4 7QS
Received 24 Nov 201652-55 Friar Street Reading and 12 Greyfriars Road RG1 1DX
Received 24 Nov 2016Balmore Park Caversham Reading
Received 12 Dec 2016Tresillian 139 The Warren Caversham Reading RG4 7TQ
Received 12 Dec 201646 Stockton Road Reading RG2 8AH
Received 13 Dec 2016Records 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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