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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16,613 approved · 1,972 refused · 1,893 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/1126
Construction of timber cycle store. Reinstatement of door opening. Removal and making good of two existing doors. Installation of new matching door.
104 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1127
Advertisement consent for the installation of Metal cladding to south east elevation, with 'Steris' sign installed to gable (retrospective).
Unit 2, Marcus Close Tilehurst, READING, RG30 4EA
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1128
Construction of a side extension to accommodate a utility room.
10 BALMORE DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8NL
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1129
Proposed works to three Oak trees
3 WEARDALE CLOSE, READING, RG2 7JD
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1130
Proposed works to 1 Horse chestnut, 1 Tree of Heaven and 1 group of trees
UPCROSS HOUSE, UPCROSS GARDENS, READING
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Under ConsultationPL/24/1131
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 19 (closing out letter for Bovis Phase 1 and Linden Phase 2) of planning permission ref. 221312 VAR
17 Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SQ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1132
Replacement of existing rear and front timber sash windows with new timber sash windows
148 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1133
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 5, 6 and 11 of application 212061
Richfield Driving Range Ltd, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1134
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed loft conversion and change of use from Class C3 dwelling house to Class C4 HMO for up to 6 persons
173 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2QZ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1135
Proposed first floor front extension over the existing garage.
3 LARISSA CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6LE
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1136
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (Construction method statement.), 5 (Energy assessment by SAP assessor) of application 220621
Land Adjacent to 80 Mount Pleasant, Reading, RG1 2TD
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1137
Discharge of Condition 9 (BREAM), 16 (construction method statement), 19 (noise assessment) and 22 (archaeological work) of planning permission reference 191049
59-61 Southampton Street Reading RG1 2QP
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1140
2-Storey side extension
57A FOXHAYS ROAD, READING, RG2 8NA
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1141
x2 fascia signs with circular, logos positioned on the teaching block and the sports hall. x5 wayfinding signs: x2 mounted on posts and x3 mounted on existing fencing.
Richfield Driving Range Ltd, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8EQ
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1142
Erection of 2 x 2 bed semi detached bungalows.
Lane to rear of 29-30 Tern Close, Tilehurst, , Reading, RG30 4AY
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1145
Single-storey front extension and skylights to existing rear ground floor pitched roof.
6 FOREST HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6XE
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1146
T39 - Lime to be felled to ground level - Reason - Extensive decay in Knuckles.
23 DERBY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5HE
Received 2 Sept 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1147
The replacement and installation of 21 No. RRU’s (Remote radio Units) and ancillary development thereto.
IBIS HOTEL 25A FRIARS STREET, READING, BERKSHIRE RG1 1DP
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1148
Proposed restoration of brick boundary wall and paving of frontage and new bin store
97 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BY
Received 2 Sept 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1149
Location of trees : Front garden Rear garden. T.1 Ash - Fell. T.2 Dead Ceanothus - Fell. T.3 Western Red - Face trim to leave neat, tidy and relatively rounded finish.
69 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RA
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1150
Erection of a single storey rear, single storey front extension to Doctors Surgery
80 Wensley Road, Reading, RG1 6DN
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1151
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E), to mixed a use of Class E and two flats above (Use Class C3). Prior Approval under Class G, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)
18 BRIDGE STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AA
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1154
Erection of a single-storey rear extension. (amended)
18 HARROW COURT, READING, RG1 6JF
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1155
Demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site comprising erection of a new building for 170 build to rent residential dwellings (Use Class C3) together with flexible community space (Use Class F1 (a-b; d-e) F2 (a-b), residents’ facilities, landscaping, public realm, amenity space and cycle parking. (Amended description)
JOHN LEWIS CUSTOMER COLLECTION POINT, CROSSLAND ROAD, READING, RG1 2HT
Received 3 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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