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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 dates25,863Searchable applications
431Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,585 approved or refused records
1,972Refused applications
16,613 approved · 1,972 refused · 1,893 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/1156
Construction of part single storey rear extension and rear dormer, garage conversion and installation of 3 rooflights in connection with loft conversion to form habitable spaces. (amended)
61 STONEHAM CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HD
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1158
Part retrospective application for conversion of internal garages into habitable space, the proposal includes internal alterations and two new windows to front elevation and one to the flank wall. Widening of front door and re-levelling of driveway to allow for wheelchair access into the property.
15 HUNTERS CHASE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7XE
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1161
Conversion of existing Dance Studio premises to 1 x dwelling
Webbs Court, 8 Holmes Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7BH
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1162
T.1 Lime - Lift to 5.5m all round (statutory requirements) over the road, driveway and small section of garden. (5.5m measured from the road)
56 LOWFIELD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6PB
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1163
Non-material amendments to permission 170509 (granted on 10/10/2018) to amend the wording of Condition 61 (hours of use of non-residential uses) to allow Unit CO1 (west block, north elevation, ground floor level) to operate from 0600-2300 hours daily when occupied for Class A1 uses.
Huntley Wharf, Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1166
Single storey rear extension
23 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LR
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1168
Part single part two storey rear extension, two storey side extension and front porch.
64 CHAGFORD ROAD, READING, RG2 8AZ
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1169
Erection of a double storey rear extension
173 WHITLEY WOOD LANE, READING, RG2 8PW
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1170
Discharge of condition 5 (partition wall, services and door details) of listed building consent 180875
ADDINGTON HOUSE, 73 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QA
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1172
Front veranda and single storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory
19 LOWFIELD GREEN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NZ
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1174
Retrospective application for installation of InPost Parcel Locker
18-20 Church Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8AU
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1173
Demolition of three two-storey office buildings and substructure.
NAPIER COURT, NAPIER ROAD, READING
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1175
Discharge of condition 23 A) (archaeological work including a Written Scheme of Investigation) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024 (amended description).
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1176
Discharge of condition 49(l)(Phase 3 - Block W2 dwelling emission rates) of planning permission 170509 (wording of condition 49 altered by non-material amendment application 221076 on 30/08/2022)
Former Toys R Us, Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
Received 6 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1177
Rear extension measuring 3.84m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.45m, and 2.58m 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.
282 HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QT
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1178
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 26 - sustainable drainage strategy - of application 230612
Dwyer Road, Reading, RG30 3LN
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1179
T1 Oak - reduce storm damage, and remove deadwood over 50m.
28 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HA
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1180
Demolition of exiting commercial premises and erection of 3 No. 2 bedroom terraced houses (use class C3) without complying with condition 17 of planning permission 160180 to allow the room in the loft to be used as a bedroom
2 FACTORY PLACE, WILSON ROAD, READING, RG30 2GU
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1181
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 13 (contamination assessment) and 14 (remediation) of planning permission ref. 24/0093
62 London Road Reading RG1 5AS
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1182
Proposed single storey rear extension and internal alterations.
32 MARSACK STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5AP
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1183
Proposed demolition of existing rear wing and existing conservatory and replacement with new 5.0m rear single storey extension
193 HARTLAND ROAD, READING, RG2 8DL
Received 9 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1184
Application for the change of use of the existing 2 x1 bed Flats into a Dwelling (use C3) incorporating a single storey rear extension.
33 Tidmarsh Street, Reading, RG30 1HX
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1185
Construction of a two storey side extension and a front porch. (amended)
220 NORCOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6AE
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1186
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed 12 bed HMO.
72 South Street, Reading, RG1 4RA
Received 10 Sept 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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