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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16,545 approved · 1,959 refused · 1,888 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- ValidPL/24/1047
T3 Lime of TPO 59/13 -Pruning of branches to give a ground clearance to the statutory heights of approx 2.7m over the public footpath, and car parking bays of Winslet Place.
WINSLET PLACE, OXFORD ROAD, READING
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1048
Erection of two storey, 3-bay, garage.
164 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SU
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1049
T.1 Sycamore Remove the low limb growing over the pathway to source Crown lift to approximately 4m by removing secondary growth only where possible Reduce the South East side on the lower and mid crown by approximately 1-1.5m to visually balance the tree
40 LOWFIELD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6PA
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1050
Remove one tree (stated to be Willow).
2 NEW ROAD, READING, RG1 5JD
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1051
Part-Retrospective application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3, 4, 5 and 7 of application 240088
17 ST JOHNS ROAD, READING, RG1 4EB
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1052
Rear extension measuring 4.05m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.29m, and 2.90m 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.
6 WYE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HS
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1054
Change of use from a dwelling (class c3) to 7 person house in multiple occupation (sui generis) and associated works.
11 NEWCASTLE ROAD, READING, RG2 7TN
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1053
Application to discharge condition 7 (SAPs) of planning permission reference 231141
3 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JB
Received 14 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1055
Proposed upward extension to provide 1 studio flat
185A OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7UZ
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1058
External Fenestration Alterations to the Single Family Dwelling
4 POPLAR GARDENS, READING, RG2 7EP
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1056
Crown lift and reduce one Plane and one Sycamore ( the west side of crown) on the border of 303 Oxford Road within LIDL supermarket car park
297-299 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1AU
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1057
Addition of a low carbon timber framed single storey, full-width rear extension and internal alterations
104 NORCOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BT
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1059
Prior Approval Application for the Demolition- 234 Southcote Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
SOUTHCOTE LIBRARY, 234 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3BA
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1060
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of a self contained studio for more than 4 years
Flat 3, 56 Prince of Wales Avenue, Reading, RG30 2UH
Received 15 Aug 2024 - Under ConsultationPL/24/1061
Retrospective application for rear outbuilding for use as ancillary living accommodation
1 LINKS DRIVE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4YT
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1062
Crown lift one Lawson cypress to 2-3 metres above ground level.
9 CONISBORO AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JB
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1063
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 230832 - Approval for work to be carried out in a construction exclusion zone. The area is in front garden and is an exclusion zone due to being close to a tree which is classified in the tree protection order.
100 OAK TREE ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6JY
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1064
To deconvert a previously merged single dwellinghouse back into its original configuration of two separate dwellinghouses
10-12, Ormsby Street, Reading, RG1 7YR
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1065
Porch extension and single storey rear extension
68 RODWAY ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6DT
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1066
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 9, (EV Charger), 12 (Biodiversity Enhancements) and 16 (Building Regulation Compliance report) of application 231861
5, Grass Hill, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7TJ
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1068
Reduction of 1x Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea) at the rear of 16 Lancaster Close Reading. By reducing the tree down from 15m to 12m in height to suitable growth points, plus reducing canopy width by 3m to balance up crown again to suitable points. This will remove limb weight and wind sail. Also to clean the crown.
16 LANCASTER CLOSE, READING, RG1 5HB
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1067
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of 2 flats into 2 x c3 flats into 2 x 4 bed HMO'S (c4)
305 Oxford Road, Reading
Received 19 Aug 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1069
install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus at below location. POLE LOCATION 1: NEAR 50, MOUNT PLEASANT, READING RG1 2TD (GRID REF: 471927,172582).
50 MOUNT PLEASANT, READING, RG1 2TD
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1070
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 7 (Archaeological Report) of application 220637
Pods, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 19 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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