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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
27,757Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,094 approved or refused records
2,212Refused applications

17,882 approved · 2,212 refused · 2,115 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2009 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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

  1. Decision MadePL/25/1139

    Retrospective change of use of residential dwelling (use class C3) to 6 bedroom (6 occupants) HMO (use class C4).

    15 Whitenights Road, Reading, RG6 7BY

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  2. Decision MadePL/25/1141

    T7513 - Sorbus - reduce lateral branches removing up to 1.5m to clear property T4586 - Rowan - reduce lateral branches removing up to 1.5m to clear property T4584 - Sorbus - crown lift to approx 2.5m T7512 - Rowan - reduce lateral branches removing up to 1.5m to clear property and crown lift to approx 2.5m T1 - Prunus - remove deadwood T2 - Sorbus - crown lift to approx 2.5m T3 - Sorbus - reduce lateral branches removing up to 1.5m to clear property T4 - Silver Birch - crown lift to approx 2.5m

    BLENHEIM COURT, 115 LONDON STREET, READING

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  3. Decision MadePL/25/1142

    Change of use of 3 bedroom residential dwelling (use class C3) to 5 1.No bedrooms HMO (use class C4).

    122 Wykeham Road, Reading, RG6 1PL

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  4. Decision MadePL/25/1143

    T1 - Hawthorn - Overhanging from woodland - reduce back to boundary removing up to 2m

    RUSKIN, CAVERSHAM, READING

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  5. Decision MadePL/25/1144

    Replacement of felt covered flat roofs and rooflight

    OSBERT HOUSE, NOTLEY PLACE, EMMER GREEN, READING

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  6. Decision MadePL/25/1145

    T4576 - Sweet Gum - crown lift to approx 2.5m T1 - Lime - Grass area - crown lift to approx 2.5m (including epicormic growth & suckers) T4578 - Yew - Grass area - crown lift to approx 2.5m and reduce lateral branches back from property to provide approx 1.5m clearance T7508 - Prunus - Grass area - crown reduce removing up to 1m and crown lift to approx 2.5m T7509 - Prunus - Grass area - crown reduce removing up to 1.5m and crown lift to approx 2

    EASTGATE COURT, READING

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  7. Decision MadePL/25/1147

    Prune one multi stemmed Copper Beech at frontage of property

    63 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING

    Received 12 Aug 2025
  8. Decision MadePL/25/1148

    Change of use of part of the 5th (north block) and 6th (middle block) floors from Class E (offices) to Class C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 14 (1x1, 11x2 & 2x3-bedroom) residential units. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).

    ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA

    Received 29 Jul 2025
  9. Decision MadePL/25/1149

    Fell one Oak (T3 of TPO) due to subsidence at No. 15

    17 RUSSET GLADE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8UJ

    Received 13 Aug 2025
  10. Decision MadePL/25/1151

    Proposed works to trees under TPO 139/01

    CROSSWAY POINT, NORWOOD ROAD, READING

    Received 13 Aug 2025
  11. Decision MadePL/25/1152

    T1 COMMON BEECH - REDUCE CROWN APPROX 2 - 2.5m . LIFT CROWN TO A HEIGHT OF 3m ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. REMOVING SECONDARY AND TERTIARY BRANCHES ONLY.

    277 HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QP

    Received 13 Aug 2025
  12. Decision MadePL/25/1153

    Single storey side and rear extension with associated fenestration

    27 GREEN ROAD, READING, RG6 7BS

    Received 13 Aug 2025
  13. Decision MadePL/25/1154

    Conversion of three flats at the First Floor into one 2-bed flat.

    FLAT 5, 109 CASTLE HILL, READING, RG1 7SX

    Received 14 Aug 2025
  14. Decision MadePL/25/1155

    Conversion of three flats at the First Floor into one 2-bed flat.

    FLAT 5, 109 CASTLE HILL, READING, RG1 7SX

    Received 14 Aug 2025
  15. Decision MadePL/25/1156

    Addition of front porch, a small single story rear extension and a stand alone pergola to the rear of the dwelling.

    17 APPLEBY END, READING, RG30 2NR

    Received 14 Aug 2025
  16. Decision MadePL/25/1157

    Loft conversion including rear L shaped flat roof dormer. Addition of 2no. roof lights to front sloping roof and single storey rear extension

    47 RECREATION ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UB

    Received 14 Aug 2025
  17. Decision MadePL/25/1158

    Demolish existing conservatory, New single storey rear extension.

    38 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, READING, RG2 7PW

    Received 14 Aug 2025
  18. Decision MadePL/25/1160

    Under Regulation 5 of the above Code, BT are informing you of our intention to install 1 x 11 meter Medium Wooden Pole at the above locations.

    58 Crawshay Drive, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SY

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  19. Decision MadePL/25/1161

    Demolition of the existing buildings on site and erection of a 3 - 5 storey building to provide 54 residential units (Class C3). Provision of private and communal external amenity areas, car and cycle parking and refuse storage without complying with condition 10 (Secured by Design Award) of application PL/21/0349

    115 Chatham Street, Reading, RG1 7JX

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  20. Decision MadePL/25/1162

    Partial discharge of condition 7 (contaminated land validation report) of planning permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024

    55, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8BU

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  21. Decision MadePL/25/1163

    Blue Cedar, T1 of TPO 66/13 in front garden. Removal of lowest limb overhanging Ashdene Gardens to give a better shape & balance to the tree & reduce risk of low overhanging branch on the road.

    7A PARKSIDE ROAD, READING, RG30 2DA

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  22. Decision MadePL/25/1164

    Display of a total of 2 no. freestanding signs, 7 no. flag signs and 49 vinyls to windows/doors of 2 commercial units (all non-illuminated), comprising: 2 no. freestanding signs adjacent to Kenavon Drive, 2 no. flag signs on both Palmer St and Carraway St, 3 no. flag signs on Joseph Huntley St, 18 vinyls applied to ground floor windows/doors of Discovery House South and 31 vinyls applied to ground floor windows of Bakers Yard West. All sought retrospectively for a temporary period until 01/05/2027.

    Land between Forbury Road and Kenavon Drive, including Joseph Huntley Street, Palmer Street and Carraway Street, Reading, RG1 3DH

    Received 15 Aug 2025
  23. Decision MadePL/25/1165

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    54 GEORGE STREET, READING, RG1 7NT

    Received 18 Aug 2025
  24. Decision MadePL/25/1166

    T1 Cedar (T3 of TPO 40/11) • Prune back T2 Pine (T4 of TPO 40/11) • Prune back

    3 GEORGE CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5EW

    Received 18 Aug 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.

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