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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 dates25,811Searchable applications
431Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,537 approved or refused records
1,962Refused applications
16,575 approved · 1,962 refused · 1,891 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision MadePL/24/1071
Revise the shopfront of the unit, by adding an additional exit door, for Building Regulations, Health & Safety, and Fire Protection reasons.
133 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1EX
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1072
New Front Porch
5 TERN CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4AY
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1073
T1 Weeping Beech - reduction of lateral spread by approx 2m (as highlighted in photographs)
8 MANOR HOUSE COURT, HEATH ROAD, READING, RG6 1NA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1074
T1 Larch - Reduction of larch tree by approx 2m height and lateral spread, due to close proximity to property. Works are to reduce risk of limb failure.
52 ST PETERS AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DH
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1075
G1 Mixed - Prune back overhang of various trees to boundary line.
35 HUNTERS CHASE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7XH
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1076
Fell T7 Lawson cypress; fell T2 Japanese maple; prune T6 Lawson cypress
11 FERNDALE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6UZ
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1077
Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of an outbuilding as a home office for more than 4 years.
50 Prince of Wales Avenue, Reading, RG30 2UH
Received 20 Aug 2024 - ValidPL/24/1078
Cut back branches of overhanging trees to provide 5m clearance from the house, garage & garden
60 HUNTERS CHASE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7XH
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1079
Change of use of existing building and extensions to provide 18 apartments.
TRINITY HALL, SOUTH STREET, READING, RG1 4QU
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1080
Proposed 2 storey side extension, materials to match existing
273 HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QP
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1081
Proposed construction of garden building
4 TEVIOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4SP
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1082
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 14 (Additional Ground Investigation and Enablement Phase Verification.) of Application 210349
115 CHATHAM STREET, READING
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1083
Extension and conversion of existing building into eight flats and erection of one house (Class C3).
11 Glebe Road, Reading, RG2 7AG
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1084
Change of use from existing sui generis night-club to community use class F2
112 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1085
Proposed conversion of two flats back to a single residence terrace house
7 Cardigan Gardens, Reading, RG1 5QP
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1086
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (CMS), 12 (Boundary Treatment), 15 (Green Roof), 16 (Ecology Enhancements) and 17 (EVC) of application 210308
43, Land Adjacent to 43 Upper Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5JE
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1087
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.95m, and 2.5m 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.
68 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SE
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1088
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 17 (Ecological Enhancements) of Planning Permission ref. 220545
29-31 MARKET PLACE, READING, RG1 2DE
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1089
Selectively carry out formative pruning works by up to 2-3ms on the lateral profile extending out into the property. Lift the 2 lowest limbs back to source.
42 Silverthorne Drive
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1090
T1 Cherry - Reduction of cherry tree by approx 1.5m in height and 1m width reduction. Works to maintain size of the tree due to proximity to listed wall.
2 SPRINGFIELD MEWS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8QA
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1091
Discharge of condition 27l (contaminated land validation report for Phase 3 Block W2) of planning permission 170509, as granted 10/10/2018 (wording of condition since amended by 210239/NMA).
Former Toys R Us, Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1092
Single storey flat roof rear extension to provide ground floor accommodation for wheelchair user.
10 IAN MIKARDO WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5BZ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1093
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed outbuilding.
112 SHERWOOD STREET, READING, RG30 1LE
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1094
Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.9m, and 2.65m 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.
28 DAWLISH ROAD, READING, RG2 7SF
Received 22 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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