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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 dates25,919Searchable applications
431Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,629 approved or refused records
1,978Refused applications
16,651 approved · 1,978 refused · 1,902 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/1187
T1 Holly - Reduce in height by 2m and trim all round. This will be managed by trimming every 2 years. T2 Crab Apple - Selectively reduce the radial spread by up to 1.5m. This will reduce the radial spread from 3m to 1.5m.
5 WESTONBIRT DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EN
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1188
The proposed loft conversion and rear infill extension to end of terrace dwelling
54 LOWER FIELD ROAD, READING, RG1 6AR
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1189
T1 Sitka Spruce - TPO Reference 86/07 - Fell
LAUGHING WATER, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1190
Cedar to crown lift to 6m to gain clearance to the playground and play equipment. Thin canopy by 10 percent removing secondary internal branches only and deadwood.
57-59 BATH ROAD, READING, RG30 2BA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1191
Specifications for tree tag numbers 781 – 798 are contained in the attached Tree Condition Report, Appendix A. G1 – 3 x Horse Chestnut trees located at the entrance to the building, by bridge. Lift to 4 meters above ground level and cut back by 2 meters from building to give a suitable clearance to property.
IMPERIUM, IMPERIAL WAY, READING, RG2 0TD
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1193
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission ref. 220545
27-32 MARKET PLACE, READING, RG1 2DE
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1195
T1,2 Euonymus & Berberis: Reduce the Euonymus in height by 1.5m and 0.5m in radial spread. Reduce the Berberis all round by approximately 0.75m.
1 WESTONBIRT DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EN
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1196
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: installation etc of a solar canopy on non-domestic, off-street parking - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class OA
Madejski Stadium, Voco Reading Hotel, Shooters Way, Reading, RG2 0FL
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1197
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings - The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J
Madejski Stadium, Voco Reading Hotel, Shooters Way, Reading, RG2 0FL
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1199
T2 - 1 x Beech Tree - remove major deadwood and crown lift over Bike Shed, to give 2m clearance
DURHAM HOUSE, 30 SYMEON PLACE, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1200
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Demolition of Buildings. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B.
2, 4, 14, 16 and 18, Thurso Close , Reading, RG30 4YG
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1202
1X free-standing pole sign
Rose Kiln Service Station , Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, RG2 0HP
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1201
New single 4 bedroom dwellinghouse with associated off-street parking and amenity landscape works.
23 CHURCH END LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4XA
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1203
Two storey side extension, part two storey and part single storey rear extension; Loft conversion with rear dormer (retrospective)
183 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3AX
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1204
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 and 8 of application 24/0475
RUSSELL HOUSE, 117-119 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7UH
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1205
Erection of a single storey garden room
8 MORGAN ROAD, READING, RG1 5HG
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1206
G1 - Mixed species deciduous trees - Re-coppice hazels to the rear of the hotel (northside), that are within 4 metres of the Premier Inn building . Tip reduce/re-reduce remaining tree canopies by creating up to 3 metres clearance to the premier inn hotel.
PREMIER INN, RICHFIELD AVENUE, READING, RG1 8EQ
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1207
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 14/0968 - Removal of Condition 15 (Community Use agreement)
ALFRED SUTTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JR
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1208
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 30 - PV Panels and heat pumps - of application 230613 as amended by NMA (PL/25/0079) with respect to part (a) (i) PV panels and ii) heat pumps for residential accommodation development and part b) i) PV panels for the respite care facility.
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1209
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Use as a 7 bed HMO for over 10 years.
103 Cholmeley Road, Reading RG1 3LR
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1210
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 16 (Sound Insulation) of application 201138
12-18 CROWN STREET, READING, RG1 2SE
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1212
Proposed conversion of the integral garage is to provide a wheelchair accessible wetroom and structural works to create an open plan ground floor family space
5 CONWY CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4JB
Received 13 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1213
External and internal refurbishment of public house and 2x flats above, reinstate external door and window on south elevation, retain existing uses (amended description).
THE HORN PH, ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 2LS
Received 13 Sept 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1218
Replacement of existing rear and front timber sash windows with new bespoke timber sash windows. Refurbish or replace 6 interior windows with double glazed windows.
148 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING
Received 16 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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