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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 dates
27,496Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,895 approved or refused records
2,183Refused applications

17,712 approved · 2,183 refused · 2,086 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jun 2009 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning 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.

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

  1. Decision MadePL/25/0933

    1no. illuminated fascia sign located on the front (north) elevation; A free-standing illuminated flagpole/totem sign located to the northeast of the store at the entrance; 1no. large banner sign located on the front (north) elevation; 1no. free standing illuminated poster display case located on the front (north) elevation; Instillation of Lidl signage to 2no. existing estate totem signage.

    Lidl, Reading Retail Park, Oxford Road, Reading , RG30 1PR

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  2. Decision MadePL/25/0935

    Variation of condition 3 (time period for restoration and scheme of works) of planning permission PL/23/0702 (granted on 04/10/2023 for temporary dropped kerb/ vehicle crossing) to extend the time period from 30th January 2026 to 31st December 2026.

    146, Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1EX

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  3. Decision MadePL/25/0936

    455-459 Oxford Road 2nd floor flats 4 & 6 have been used as x2 self-contained properties for more than 4 years continuously (amended description).

    455-459 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HD

    Received 1 Jul 2025
  4. ClosedPL/25/0941

    Under Regulation 5 of the above Code, I hereby give you 28days notice informing you of our intention to install 1 x Wooden Pole at the stated location

    19 Fernbrook Road, Caversham, Reading

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  5. Decision MadePL/25/0943

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed change of use to brewery (B2)

    6 BRIDGEWATER CLOSE, READING, RG30 1NS

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  6. Decision MadePL/25/0944

    Discharge of condition 4 (Site Security Strategy) of planning permission PL/24/1725, as granted on 24/03/2025.

    2 NORMAN PLACE, READING, RG1 8DA

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  7. Decision MadePL/25/0945

    Proposed part single storey rear extension.

    3 LENNOX ROAD, READING, RG6 1PJ

    Received 2 Jul 2025
  8. Decision MadePL/25/0948

    Installation of new air source heat pumps

    THE AVENUE SCHOOL, THE AVENUE CENTRE, CONWY CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4BZ

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  9. Decision MadePL/25/0946

    Erection of two-storey side and rear extensions and conversion of the existing 7-bedroom large HMO (Sui Generis) into a 12-bedroom large HMO (Sui Generis), including associated cycle parking, refuse storage, and provision of 6 off-street car parking spaces. (amended)

    81 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RB

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  10. Decision MadePL/25/0947

    Proposed replacement dwellings comprising a pair of semi-detached 2 storey 3 bedroom houses with rooms in loft space without complying with Condition 2 (Variation) of planning application PL/23/1733 to correct site plan and omit one ground floor side elevation window (amended description).

    7 HAWTHORNE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  11. Decision MadePL/25/0949

    Garden office outbuilding to rear of the site.

    51 BLENHEIM ROAD, READING, RG1 5NG

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  12. Decision MadePL/25/0950

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 33 (Emission rates) of application PL/17/1814

    The Printworks, Cardiff Road, Reading, RG1 8FY

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  13. Decision MadePL/25/0952

    Two storey side extension and replacement of rear bay window

    248 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NE

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  14. Decision MadePL/25/0953

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 7 (Sustainability statement), 11 (Lighting) and 14 (Gas Membrane installation) of application PL/23/1077

    READING LINK RETAIL PARK, ROSE KILN LANE, READING

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  15. Decision MadePL/25/0954

    Discharge of condition 6 (tree planting scheme) of application PL/23/0235.

    34 Grosvenor Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EN

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  16. Decision MadePL/25/0955

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Refuse) of application PL/24/0203

    ST MARYS CHURCH, 14 CASTLE STREET, READING, RG1 7RD

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  17. Decision MadePL/25/0956

    Proposed works to various trees

    Museum of English Rural Life, 6 Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  18. Decision MadePL/25/0957

    Change of use for the caretaker's bungalow from ancillary C3 residential use to F1 provision of education and learning use at Caversham Park Primary School.

    SCHOOL CARETAKERS BUNGALOW, QUEENSWAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6RP

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  19. Decision MadePL/25/0958

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the top floor as 2No 1-bed self-contained flats

    237 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7PX

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  20. Decision MadePL/25/0959

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use of the property as a one bedroom C3 use basement flat and a five bedroom C4 HMO to ground, first and second floor.

    140 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7HT

    Received 4 Jul 2025
  21. Decision MadePL/25/0960

    Change of use of small HMO (C4) to seven bedroom, seven person large HMO (Sui Generis) (amended)

    32 WAYLEN STREET, READING, RG1 7UR

    Received 7 Jul 2025
  22. Decision MadePL/25/0961

    Felling one Lawson cypress due to decay in the main stem

    THE ABBEY JUNIOR SCHOOL, 30 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, READING, RG2 7AR

    Received 7 Jul 2025
  23. Decision MadePL/25/0962

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (timber cladding on the external elevations) of application PL/24/0979

    6 KENILWORTH AVENUE, READING, RG30 3DN

    Received 7 Jul 2025
  24. Decision MadePL/25/0963

    Single storey side and rear extensions, and replacement fence and gate

    48 MELROSE AVENUE, READING, RG6 7BN

    Received 7 Jul 2025

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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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