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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.
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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 dates26,057Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,750 approved or refused records
1,997Refused applications
16,753 approved · 1,997 refused · 1,918 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/1355
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 28 (Energy) of application 230613
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1356
Approval of details reserved by Conditions 4 (Contamination) and 5 (Remediation), relating to planning permission ref. 221110
Units 2 and 6, Reading Retail Park, Reading, RG30 1PR
Received 9 Oct 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1357
Title: The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions)(Amendment) Regulations 2017 – BT intends to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus on the Green opposite 1 Caleta Close, Caversham, RG4 5BW, 1 x 9 meter wooden pole
1 Caleta Close, Caversham,, Reading, RG4 5BW
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1358
Application to discharge Condition 4, Condition 5 and Condition 8 of Application PL/23/0988 (230988)
2 MASON STREET, READING, RG1 7PD
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1360
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 201233 to allow for changes the approved materials (amended description).
5, Grass Hill, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7TJ
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1361
Existing use of a house divided into 2x one bedroom flats for a period in excess of 10 years.
25 PANGBOURNE STREET, READING, RG30 1HS
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1362
Installation of 2 new louvres within existing 2nd floor window openings on the West Elevation
41 MINSTER STREET, READING, RG1 2JB
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1363
Discharge of condition 26 (biodiversity enhancements) of permission 240422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street Reading RG1 1SY
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1364
Single-storey side extension, internal alterations and fenestration works. (amended)
41 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1365
APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 96A OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 FOR NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENTS TO OUTLINE PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE. 201537 - Plot E Station Hill - change from hit-and-miss brickwork to metal louvres.
BUILDING SITE AT READING FRIARS WALK, FRIARS WALK, READING
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1366
Proposed single storey rear extension and replacement of front window. (amended)
63 WHITLEY STREET, READING, RG2 0EG
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1367
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (CMS) for Application PL/24/0102
31 KINGSGATE STREET, READING, RG1 3JR
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1368
As per Report Numbers T008: Tree Of Heaven - Selectively tip reduce the lateral crown spread on the north-east corner by 1m (25mm diameter pruning cuts), ensuring to leave radial crown spread of no less than 6.5m in this quadrant of the canopy. Remove deadwood. This work is for safety reasons T009: Tree Of Heaven - Reduce the noted branch by 1.5m to leave total radial spread on this quadrant of no less than 6.5m. This work is for safety reasons. T022: Sycamore - Fell/remove and treat stump for general property maintenance reasons. WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN OCTOBER HALF TERM WEEK COMMENCING 28TH
UTC READING, CRESCENT ROAD, READING, RG1 5RQ
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1369
The existing use as a C4 small HMO for four persons for in excess of 10 years
43 DONNINGTON GARDENS, READING, RG1 5LZ
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1370
Non material amendment to permission PL/23/1495: condition 2 to change landscaping plans for Bridge Street corner and condition 9 change to achieve the originally approved post-development Biodiversity Net Gain.
CIVIC OFFICES, BRIDGE STREET, READING, RG1 2LU
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1371
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 17 for Application PL/23/1077
READING LINK RETAIL PARK, ROSE KILN LANE, READING
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1375
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) of Permission 240622.
Station Hill, Reading, RG1 1NF
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1374
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 5 (Landscaping) of Permission PL/24/0622.
Station Hill, Reading, RG1 1NF
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1379
The building comprising of x2 flats has been used continuously for more than 4 years.
16 NORTHFIELD ROAD, READING, RG1 8AH
Received 16 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1380
The building comprising of x2 flats has been used continuously for more than 4 years.
112 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2QX
Received 16 Oct 2024 - ClosedPL/24/1381
PROPOSED BASE STATION INSTALLATION AT CS 30806800 WHITLEY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CENTRE, WHITLEY NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, READINGS RG2 7PJ, NGR E: 472240 N: 170779.
WHITLEY HEALTH AND SOCIAL CENTRE, WHITLEY NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,, READING, RG2 7PJ
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1383
Use of the property as two self-contained flats (Class C3) within a two-storey, mid-terrace house comprising 1x1-bedroom flat at ground floor (Flat 1) and 1x1-bedroom flat at first floor (Flat 2) (amended description)
17 DONNINGTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5NE
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1384
The building comprising of x 2 flats has been used continuously for more than 4 years.
14 NEWPORT ROAD, READING, RG1 8EA
Received 17 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1385
New External Wall Insulation, Windows, Communal Exit Doors, Roof Tiles, PV Panels & ASHP at 199-221 Newcastle Road and 146-168 Hexham Road
146 HEXHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7UB and 199- 211 NEWCASTLE ROAD, READING, RG2 7TW
Received 17 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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