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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.
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Reading planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Reading Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Reading website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates25,710Searchable applications
432Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,450 approved or refused records
1,954Refused applications
16,496 approved · 1,954 refused · 1,879 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 2010 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning 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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/0966
Existing two-storey and single-storey rear extensions to be demolished and rebuilt. Installation of two rear-facing rooflights. Restoration of render on front elevation. Replacement of existing roof. New paving to front garden. (Amended)
36 NEW ROAD, READING, RG1 5JD
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0969
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.43m, and 2.35m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
69 WENSLEY ROAD, READING, RG1 6DQ
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0967
Proposed conservatory to rear
16 REGIS PARK ROAD, READING, RG6 7AD
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0968
Demolition of existing garage and replacement with garden room on same footprint.
15 WENDOVER WAY, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4RU
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0970
Prune one Whitebeam; reduce 4 overhanging Sycamores to boundary; reduce height of Laurel and remove dead wood from one Oak
2 CHURCH STREET, READING, RG1 2SB
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0971
Proposed 2 x 2 bed houses following demolition of 3 No. flats (part retrospective)
126 Blandford Road, Reading
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0972
Front porch extension and part single part two-storey rear extension.
7 HIGHDOWN HILL ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8QR
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0973
Application for new window openings to the east elevation to match the existing windows in opening sizes and appearance and addition of rooftop smokeshafts and AOVs
Kennet Place, 121 Kings Road, Reading, RG1 3ES
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0974
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to condition 7 (materials) of planning permission ref. 221312 to change an approved brick type from Ibstock Capital Multi to Leicester Multi Red
17 Kidmore End Road, Reading RG4 8SQ
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0975
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7 and 8 of application 231613
108 BATH ROAD, READING, RG30 2EU
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0976
Rear extension measuring 5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.7m, and 2.4m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
173 WHITLEY WOOD LANE, READING, RG2 8PW
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0977
Crown lift trees overhanging (from BBC) specific plot to 5m above ground level
THE RETREAT, HARVEYS NURSERIES, PEPPARD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8TN
Received 31 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0978
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 31 - sustainable drainage strategy - of application 230613
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 31 Jul 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0979
Single Storey Extension & Part Garage Conversion
6 KENILWORTH AVENUE, READING, RG30 3DN
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0980
Temporary change of use from class B8 - Storage and Distribution to Class E (d) - Indoor Sports and Recreation for proposed use as a dance studio for up to 5 years
29 Britten Road Reading RG2 0AU
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0981
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.4m, and 3.0m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
21 STAVERTON ROAD, READING, RG2 7LL
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0983
First floor extension to the rear of 930 Oxford Road to provide 1no 1B 1P flat with external access.
930 OXFORD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6TJ
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0985
1st Floor extension to rear of building to form 8no care beds
FLORENCE HOUSE CARE HOME, 16-22 WESTCOTE ROAD, READING, RG30 2DE
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0986
T1: Holly - Fell to just above ground level. T2: Apple - Carefully reduce crown by 1-1.5m T3: Pine - Reduce lowest laterals to south east by 2-2.5m which are interferring with above Apple tree. T4: Laurel - Reduce in height by 2m, down to the height of neighbouring properties out building. T5: Buddleia - Reduce in height by 2m, down to the height of neighbouring properties out building.
23 THE MOUNT, READING, RG1 5HL
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0988
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission RN: 192032, to allow for the enclosure of four elements of duct work on Level 16.
Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0989
Change of use from Class E (commercial, business and service) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 6 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with Condition 3 (noise mitigation) of consent ref. 220577 - in order to amend the condition to a compliance condition
175 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0990
Change of use from Class E (commercial, business and service) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 20 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 3 (noise mitigation) of consent ref. 220579 - in order to amend the condition to a compliance condition
173-174 FRIAR STREET, READING
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0992
Proposed digital display screen to side of building
HOUSE OF FRASER, THE ORACLE, BRIDGE STREET, READING, RG1 2AS
Received 2 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/0996
Erection of an outbuilding.
266 ELGAR ROAD SOUTH, READING, RG2 0BW
Received 2 Aug 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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