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Reading Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
21,467Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 14,755 approved or refused records
1,533Refused applications

13,222 approved · 1,533 refused · 1,530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact Building ControlLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas15 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Decision MadePL/23/1398

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 (bin storepest control measures), Condition 7 (parking permit addresses - flat),condition 9 (parking permit addresses - HMO) and condition 16 (HMO management plan) of planning permission ref. 210750

    41a London Street Reading RG1 4PS

    Received 1 Oct 2023
  2. Decision MadePL/23/1399

    Elm G3 TPO Number 96/003 Tree opposite properties 71 & 73 Balmore Park Caversham. Fell all the stems as they are dead and/or dying. Thetree has not come into leaf properly this year with only some leaves high in the canopy. See picture sent with the application.

    73 Balmore Park Caversham Reading RG4 8PX

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  3. Decision MadePL/23/1403

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 of application 201537 and condition 2 of application 201533.

    Plot E Land Friar Street & Garrard Street Reading RG1 1NF

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  4. Decision MadePL/23/1404

    Non material amendment to permission 192032/HYB – repositioning of east facing ground floor entrance door by approx. 1.5m. Additional internal office storage at Level 15.

    Station Hill North Reading RG1 1NB

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  5. Decision MadePL/23/1405

    Minor amendment to planning permission 231328 for raising proposed flat roof, in line with rest of proposed extension.

    11 Whiteknights Road Reading RG6 7BY

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  6. Decision MadePL/23/1406

    TPO 17/10 T1 Beech - requires thinning of approximately 30% G1 Beech requires thinning of approximately 30% T1 tree had some previous work in 2013 which included the installation of a strap for one weak limb. This limb is over another property and is causing concern.

    6 Hogarth Avenue Reading RG30 4QW

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  7. Decision MadePL/23/1407

    Various alterations to shopfront and ground floor shop, including a replacement entrance to the reconfigured ground floor shop and new entrance from the street to serve the existing residential unit above.

    266 Kentwood Hill Reading RG31 6DR

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  8. Decision MadePL/23/1409

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 47 (External Lighting) of permissions 201532 and 201536.

    Plot E Land Friar Street/ Garrard Str Reading RG1 1NF

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  9. Decision MadePL/23/1410

    Installation of concrete driveway for off-street parking.

    39 Wensley Road Reading RG1 6DQ

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  10. Decision MadePL/23/1412

    Leylandii trees reduce height by 5m tidy up the sides to Progress Theatre and opposite corner. Cut back overhanging branches into the garage area behind boundary 1 Holly tree, remove 1 Laburnum tree, tidyup branches

    Linden Mews The Mount Reading RG1 5HL

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  11. ValidPL/23/1413

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Landscaping) of application 230654

    3 Craven Road Reading RG1 5LE

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  12. Decision MadePL/23/1414

    Judus tree crown raise over path no more than 2.4m and tip. Reduced byno more than 1m. Yew tree to be reduced in height by 40 Percent and upper face cut back to match lower face. Pear to be tip Reduced by 20 percent 0.5m. Cherry - to be reduced in height by 3m. Pittosporum - tobe reduced in height by 2-3 meters and trim sides

    Flat 4, Helena House 1 Brownlow Road Reading

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  13. Decision MadePL/23/1415

    T1 (oak) Dismantle oak tree to just above ground level.

    1 Buxton Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7BT

    Received 3 Oct 2023
  14. Decision MadePL/23/1416

    Construction of single storey rear extension

    18 Newcastle Road Reading RG2 7TR

    Received 4 Oct 2023
  15. Decision MadePL/23/1494

    Retrospective retention of existing demountable 1 storey modular classrooms and temporary permission to further retain the modular unitfor 5 years and minor associated works.

    Thameside Primary School Harley Road Caversham Reading RG4 8DB

    Received 17 Oct 2023
  16. Decision MadePL/23/1495

    Proposals to extend the Reading Borough Council Offices on Bridge Street to enable the accommodation of the relocated Reading Central Library function, currently on Kings Road, Reading, and provide an enhanced Customer Services reception. Site is currently use class E, proposal to co-locate with library - use class F1.

    Civic Offices Bridge Street Reading RG1 2LU

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  17. Decision MadePL/23/1498

    To establish that the proposed use falls within the lawful use of the site as a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3b). The certificate also seeks toconfirm that the proposed loft conversion, erection of a rear dormer, and installation of rooflights accords with Schedule 2, Part 1, Classes B and C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

    136 Wantage Road Reading RG30 2SF

    Received 18 Oct 2023
  18. Decision MadePL/23/1499

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Existinng use (C3) for the ground floor flat (No. E) at 551 Oxford Road

    Flat E 551 Oxford Road Reading RG30 1HA

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  19. Decision MadePL/23/1500

    Single storey rear extension

    90 Barnsdale Road Reading RG2 7JW

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  20. ValidPL/23/1501

    Tree 01- Oak. Reduce northern spread by 2m to no less than 6m and eastern spread by 2m to no less than 9m. Remove poorly attached deadwood (exempt). Tree 06- False Acacia. Reduce spread all round by 2m to no less than 6m.

    Blagrave House Upper Warren Avenue Caversham Reading RG4 7EB

    Received 19 Oct 2023
  21. Decision MadePL/23/1513

    Single storey side extension to create ground for accommodation

    27 Rydal Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG30 6XT

    Received 20 Oct 2023
  22. Decision MadePL/23/1516

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Noise assessment),6 (Odour assessment),7 (Bin stores) and 8 (Construction Method Statement) of application 201390

    Orbit House 64-65 St Marys Butts Reading

    Received 22 Oct 2023
  23. Decision MadePL/23/1518

    T1 - Section Fell to ground level - Sycamore - Supressed and poor canopy cover T2 - Section Fell to ground level - Sycamore - Close Proximity to building - Poor specimen of tree T3 - Reduction - Sycamore - Due to tree heavily leaning towards neighbouring property to aliviate wind resistance due to size of canopy

    18 Parkside Road Reading RG30 2DB

    Received 23 Oct 2023
  24. Decision MadePL/23/1591

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Demolition of Buildings The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2,Part 11, Class B

    Amethyst Lane Reading

    Received 8 Nov 2023

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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.

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