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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 dates25,959Searchable applications
430Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,665 approved or refused records
1,981Refused applications
16,684 approved · 1,981 refused · 1,906 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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.
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- Decision MadePL/24/1271
Mounting of solar panels on the rear, South facing roof.
29 HOGARTH AVENUE, READING, RG30 4QW
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1272
Reinstatement of original window opening at the rear elevation
CEMETERY ARCH, READING CEMETERY, LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 3AQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1273
• T1 (cypress): Dismantle Cypress in front garden to just above ground level • T2 (Norway maple): Dismantle Norway maple in front garden to just above ground level • T3 (ash): Remove majority of crown on ash tree to facilitate the formation of pollard knuckles (see photo) • T4 (purple plum): Reshape purple plum in rear garden (see photo) We would like to replant 1 tree in place of the cypress + Norway maple, which were planted too close to each other (and to the adjacent pine), thus giving the newly planted tree a better chance to thrive. Notice: T5 (hawthorn): Dismantle dead hawthorn in front garden to just above ground level
103 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RB
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1274
T1 (yew): Hard trim to yew tree overhanging neighbour's garden (see blue line on photo attached) T2 (purple plum): Remove purple plum to just above ground level in order to give the elder more space and a chance to thrive, and to allow the gates to be opened
101 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RB
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1275
T0242. - Horse chestnut - lapsed pollard with significant decay within pollard heads a structural weakness making the tree a potential hazard for adjoining school and apartment block - Pollard to c 20cm below the original pollard heads leaving the tree at c 8m height; reducing central stems to just above their divide (TPO 79/13)
PENDRAGON COURT, SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1276
Garage conversion into habitable space. Infill extension below rear balcony.
197 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JP
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1277
The installation of a new door and infill panel.
UNIT L30, ORACLE SHOPPING CENTRE, MINSTER STREET, READING, RG1 2AQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1279
Installation of an extraction system and associated flue to the rear of the building.
8, Park Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 5DL
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1281
Erection of a two-storey rear extension to include a first floor balcony, extension of the eastern single storey area, a front two storey extension on the existing porch, and an upward extension of the existing western extension as well as alterations to the hard and soft landscaping.
SPRINGWOOD, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1282
Proposed Glass and metal frame canopy enclosure to front yard of existing restaurant
21 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1LE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1283
Non-material amendments to permission 230682 (granted on 22/11/2023) to alter the wording of condition 38 (pedestrian routes into and within the car parks) to remove the former House of Fraser escalator pedestrian entrances at Holybrook Car Park levels 6 and 7 following separate permission 240520 (granted on 24/07/2024).
The Oracle, Reading, RG2 2AG
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1284
External works to basement floor to create new window openings
205-207 Alexander House, Kings Road, Reading, RG1 4LS
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1285
Change of use of Basement level from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 6 residential units and cycle parking - Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
205-207, ALEXANDER HOUSE, 205 KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 4FW
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1286
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 230547 - Removal of rooflights to extension. Provision of 2nr additional windows to side elevations
53 COCKNEY HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HF
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1287
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 51 (Secured by Design) of application 192032.
Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1289
Existing use as x2 self contained flats
24 & 24A CHARLES STREET, READING, RG1 7DB
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1290
Discharge of condition 27 (Access Control Strategy for the development) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1291
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as 20 residential units (Class C3) by virtue of the lawful commencement of planning permission 160378, as granted on 28/10/2016.
Former Gas Works Building , Gas Works Road , Reading, RG1 3EE
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1292
Discharge of condition 48 (Friar Street and inner courtyard shopfront details) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1293
Discharge of condition 25 (Landscaping) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1294
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.25m, and 2.20m 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.
18 THAMES SIDE, READING, RG1 8DR
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1295
Oak Tree T2 - Subject to TPO 7/003 - Remove overhanging branches
7 WOODLANDS GROVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NB
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1296
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 10 (Tree Protection and Arboricultural Survey and Report), 11 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) and 13 (Design Stage SAP) of application 210308
Land Adjacent to 43 Upper Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5JE
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1297
Fell tree to approximately ground level one declining Laurel by drive entrance. ). Lift low canopy from group of Bay Laurel to approximately 2.5 m over the footpath and cut back to edge of road, also prune back to approximate 0.5 metre from fence the growth growing over the neighbouring drive entrance to the property at number 5 Castle Crescent.
1-3 CASTLE CRESCENT, READING, RG1 6FN
Received 2 Oct 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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