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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 dates25,778Searchable applications
435Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,504 approved or refused records
1,959Refused applications
16,545 approved · 1,959 refused · 1,888 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jun 2010 to 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
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
- Decision MadePL/24/1023
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use as a HMO for over10 years.
30 Basingstoke Road Reading, RG2 0EL
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1024
Non-material amendments to permission 211739 (granted on 08/12/22) – to substitute plans listed in condition 2 (approved plans) to allow for fenestration changes, removal of protruding party walls on Send Road terrace and removal of chimney feature to Plot 5 on Forge Close terrace
2 Send Road, Caversham Reading, RG4 8EH
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1025
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and renovation of existing dwelling to create an accessible house.
99 HARTLAND ROAD, READING, RG2 8AF
Received 8 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1026
Demolition of the garage, conservatory and erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension to convert the property into C4 HMO for 6 individuals. (Amended)
4 KINGSBRIDGE ROAD, READING, RG2 7RE
Received 8 Aug 2024 - ValidPL/24/1027
T6365 is an oak tree outside the boundary of our property. We would like the oak to be pruned to provide 3m clearance from the roof of our house.
1 MORLAIS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8PQ
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1028
Discharge of condition 39 (Street Naming and Numbering) of planning permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024.
55, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8BU
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1029
Proposed garage conversion
10 MICKLANDS ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6LU
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1030
Non-Material Amendment to application 231832 - Change of pebble dash render on the proposal and existing house to a smoother render system
94 HALLS ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4PU
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1031
Garage conversion, side infill extension, alterations to the fenestration and hard surface in the front garden. (amended)
32 THE HORSE CLOSE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8TT
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1032
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 11 (Acoustic report) of planning permission ref. 220545
27-32 MARKET PLACE, READING, RG1 2DE
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1033
The Norwegian Spruce T5 of TPO 100/06 - Crown lift by removing 4 branches
FLAT 1, FRY COURT, 11A DERBY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5HE
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1036
Proposed single storey front extension to create larger Hallway. Proposed obscured glass Ensuite window on first floor front elevation. Partial garage conversion with new door to replace existing window on ground floor side elevation. Proposed roof lantern on existing rear single storey flat roof. Changes to fenestration on ground floor rear elevation.
20 THE RIDINGS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8XL
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1034
Erection of a single storey rear extension. (amended)
31 GREENFIELDS ROAD, READING, RG2 8SG
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1035
New 4 bedroom residential dwelling on the land at Maytree Walk
Land at Maytree Walk
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1037
Prune one Crab apple & one Cherry at No. 1; Prune one Sycamore, 1 Douglas fir & 1 Willow at No. 3; prune group of Sycamore overhanging No. 3
1 & 3 POPLAR AVENUE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4JH
Received 1 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1038
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
73-74 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2AP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1039
installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE METRO BANK, ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 7QE
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1040
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 110-117 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1EP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1041
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 29 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1DP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1042
New fencing to West, South West and South Eastern Boundaries and security lighting fitted to school building
CHURCHEND PRIMARY ACADEMY, USK ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1043
installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE METRO BANK, ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 7QE
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1044
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
73-74 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2AP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1045
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 29 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1DP
Received 12 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1046
Installation of a modern, multifunction Hub unit featuring an integral advertisement display and defibrillator
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 110-117 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1EP
Received 12 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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