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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 dates26,012Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,713 approved or refused records
1,993Refused applications
16,720 approved · 1,993 refused · 1,913 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/1298
Roof alteration incorporating rear dormers and skylights to the front plane of the roof.
32 VALENTIA ROAD, READING, RG30 1DH
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1299
Single storey front porch & rear extension
26 CEDARWOOD CRESCENT, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8NW
Received 2 Oct 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1301
BT intends to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus outside 414 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, RG4 8EG, on grass verge at corner of Star Road and Gosbrook Road 1 x 9 meter wooden pole
414 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, RG4 8EG
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1302
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed change of access & hardstanding.
5 SOUTHERNDENE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6ND
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1305
Erection of a two-storey extension to industrial unit and associated landscaping.
1 Bridgewater Close, Reading, RG30 1JT
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1308
Replace flat roof above utility room and polycarbonate twinwall roofing above conservatory with insulated pitched roof.
78 CHILTERN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JB
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1309
Advertisement consent is sought for installation of illuminated signage to the front elevation, and the relocation of existing (non-illuminated) signage on the existing northern elevation to the new northern elevation.
1 Bridgewater Close, Reading, RG30 1JT
Received 2 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1310
Rear extension measuring 6m in depth, with a maximum height of 3m and 2.9m 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
8A CRESSINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7JE
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1311
Rear extension measuring 6m in depth, with a maximum height of 3m and 2.9m 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
8 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7JE
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1312
Proposed garage conversion
5C PARKSIDE ROAD, READING, RG30 2DA
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1313
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Arboricultural Method Statement and Tree Protection Plan) and 8 (Construction Method Statement) for Application 23/1707
PARK LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL JUNIOR DEPARTMENT, 130 SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5BD
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1314
Removal of garage and construction of 2-storey side extension
37 PEPPARD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8NR
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1315
Proposed Single storey rear extension.
3 LOMOND AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6PL
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1316
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 18 (AMS) for Application PL/23/0612
Dwyer Road, Reading, RG30 3LN
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1317
Non-Material Amendments to planning permission PL/22/0941 (Erection of a single storey extension with associated external and internal alterations to the existing central kitchen building to facilitate the relocation of the School of Art) for ductwork for specialist equipment extract, two dust extraction unit enclosures (located along the south elevation), and re-positioning of cycle storage (retrospective).
University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UR
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1318
Display of 1 internally illuminated & 4 non-illuminated fascia signs on north elevation and 1 internally illuminated & 2 non-illuminated fascia signs on east elevation, all at ground floor level.
Unit 1, Huntley Wharf, Kenavon Drive, , Reading, RG1 3DH
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1319
The proposed single-storey rear extension projects less than 4.0 metres and is less than 4.0 metres high beyond 2.0 metres from any boundary, thereby qualifying as Class A permitted development under the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015.
2 PICTON WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8NJ
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1320
Change of use from office use Class B1(a) to use Class C3 to comprise 110 residential units. Prior Notification under Class 0, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 without complying with condition 1 (time limit for completion) of consent ref. 210567 to allow for completion of the development within 6 years rather than 3 years
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1321
Single-storey rear extension, single-storey side lean-to extension
8 DENBEIGH PLACE, READING, RG1 8QE
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1322
Discharge of condition 28 (CCTV operational requirements study) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1323
3m rear extension with front porch
25 LESFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 6DX
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1324
single storey side and rear extension (amended)
307 THE MEADWAY, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4NS
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1325
Non-Material amendment to planning permission 211565 (Condition 2 - Approved Plans) to amend materials to replace agreed cladding with "Hardie Plank" instead of cedar cladding
18 RICHMOND ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7PP
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1327
False acacia – crown reduce by 3m and crown lift to 5m
3 MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, READING, RG1 5JB
Received 7 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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