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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.
England · Local authority
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 dates27,819Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,140 approved or refused records
2,221Refused applications
17,919 approved · 2,221 refused · 2,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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/25/1197
Discharge of conditions 4 (Management Plan), 6 (Bicycle store), 8 (Postal address) and 10 (Soft landscaping) of application PL/25/0051
32 ST PETERS ROAD, READING, RG6 1PA
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1198
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of an outbuilding within the rear garden.
3 CHAGFORD ROAD, READING, RG2 8AY
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1199
Garage conversion to habitable use
125 COLEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6FL
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1200
Maintenance works to various trees
HERON ISLAND, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1201
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 8 - (SAP Design Stage), 14 - (SUDs Report) 19 - (Mechanical Plant), and 20 - (Noise Impact Assessment) of application PL/19/1043
43 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4PS
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1202
Prune 1 X Oak Tree
54 CALDER CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4XL
Received 26 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1204
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 58 flats (28x 1b1p 26x 1b2p 4x 2b3p) flats with associated car and cycle parking. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
20 TUDOR ROAD, READING, RG1 1NH
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1205
T.1 Dead Birch - Fell T.2 Silver birch - Crown reduce by approximately 30% of leaf area
FLAT 4, 33 COLEY HILL, READING, RG1 6AE
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1206
Works to various trees - T.1 Sycamore - Prune T.2 Yew Prune T.3 Amur Maple - Remove major deadwood, T.4 Holy - Fell T.5 Sycamore - Remove 4 branches
19 ERLEIGH ROAD, READING
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1207
Single Story extension and garage conversion
21 PARK CRESCENT, READING, RG30 2NL
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1208
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (CMS), 6 (Vehicle Parking), 8 (Waste Management Plan), 10 (EVC), 13 (Contaminated Land), 14 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 15 (Tree Report), 16 (Design Stage SAP), 17 (As Built SAP),18 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 19 (Bird/Bat Boxes), 21 (Bird Nesting Season), 22 (External Terrace), 23 (Mix), 24 (PD Openings), 25 (No Burning) and 26 (Hours) of application PL/21/0533
SITE OF 1A, ELDON ROAD, READING
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1209
Non-Material Amendments to Planning Permission ref: PL/24/1462 To reconfigure the ground floor internal layout to introduce a new Crown Court and ancillary rooms, relocation of a reception desk and modifications to the partition walls within the security area located at the entrance in the significant listed part, to add obscuring film to windows
READING CROWN COURT, THE FORBURY, READING, RG1 3EH
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1210
Installation of black metal security shutters (Retrospective).
3 WEST STREET READING RG1 1TT
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1211
Change of use of the premises to a tanning and beauty salon
3 PROSPECT STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8JB
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1212
Change of use of 1st Floor, 2nd Floor and Loft from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 3 new flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
58 KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 3AA
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1213
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/24/1465 To improve acoustics, security, and privacy, allow signage to be fixed directly to the partitions instead of using free-standing boards, and provide space for radiators along that wall
READING CROWN COURT, THE FORBURY, READING, RG1 3EH
Received 27 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1214
Application for prior approval of 2 storey roof extension to accommodate 15 proposed New dwellinghouses on Detached buildings in commercial or mixed use - Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AA
EATON COURT, 104-112 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7FU
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1216
New timber framed side and rear canopy with slate roof tiles and 8 new solar panels
79 BAKER STREET, READING, RG1 7XY
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1217
Rear extension measuring 5.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.16m, and 3.0m 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.
33 BIRDHILL AVENUE, READING, RG2 7JT
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1218
T1 - Scots Pine - dismantle tree to ground level and replant.
43 CONISBORO AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JF
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1219
Limited reduction pruning only (back no more than 1.2m) in the specific areas currently overhanging the carwash route
SNAX24, RICHFIELD AVENUE, READING, RG1 8EQ
Received 28 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1221
Ash tree in Group G1 TPO 42-07 - Fell
17 DEVONSHIRE PARK, READING, RG2 7DX
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1222
Construction of rear box dormer window and hip to gable roof extension (amended)
30 GROSVENOR ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5EN
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1223
Horse Chestnut - Repollard to previous pollard points.
2A HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RD
Received 29 Aug 2025
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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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