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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 dates26,115Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,797 approved or refused records
2,001Refused applications
16,796 approved · 2,001 refused · 1,927 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/24/1444
Conversion of 236 Wensley Road into 2 apartments and 1 maisonette, including rear and side extensions
236 WENSLEY ROAD, READING, RG1 6DP
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1445
T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11 - London Plane to be crown raised by 3.5 metres above ground level, 360 degrees and tip reduced 0.5 metres from signage.
25 ROSE KILN LANE, READING, RG2 0JZ
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1446
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 9 (landscaping) for Application PL/22/1110
Units 2 and 6, Reading Retail Park, Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1PR
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1447
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of garden outbuilding as separate self-contained dwelling
84 GROVELANDS ROAD, READING, RG30 2NY
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1448
Proposed erection of a front, side and rear single-storey extension (rear extension off existing structural slab) with associated internal alterations and fenestration changes. Roof finish to be changed and installation of solar panels to roof.
4 SCHOLARS CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DN
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1449
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use as 2 flats
8 Curzon Street, Reading, RG30 1DB
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1450
Fell one Sycamore (T13).
Watlington House, Watlington Street, Reading RG1 4RJ
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1451
2-storey side extension and internal alterations
89 GROVE ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8LW
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1452
Minor amendment to of planning permission PL/24/0844 For Adjustments to the dimensions of the proposed building.
Combicut Limited, Paddock Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5BY
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1453
STORE CONVERSION TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION
21 BROOKSBY ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6NA
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1454
Request to fell tree T10 (Aspen); prune T1 Cedar & T7 Pine
39 CONISBORO AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JF
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1455
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 9 & 10 for Application PL/23/0279
THE WILLOWS, 2 HEXHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7UG
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1457
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Fencing Details for the protection of trees) of application 231076
127A LOVEROCK ROAD, READING, RG30 1DZ
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1458
T2 as per TPO map (lime): Remove majority of crown from lime tree to encourage the formation of pollard knuckles to maintain size suitable for small front garden; remove crossing, rubbing branches
28A NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HA
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1459
Non-Material Amendment to permitted application 221583 - The fire escape staircase design has been amended to show one long flight and one shorter flight at the bottom to reduce the impact on the users of the building.
ARGYLE COMMUNITY CHURCH, ARGYLE ROAD, READING, RG1 7YL
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1461
Single storey ground floor extension on east elevation and dormer roof extension on eastern roofslope (amended description).
WARREN CREEK, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1464
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use) for use as two self-contained flats
7 RICHMOND ROAD, READING, RG30 2SP
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/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 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1463
Holly Tree- Remove 1 stem of 3-stemmed tree
10 RIDGE HALL CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EP
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1465
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 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1466
Install an external window guard over the Quatrefoil window located in the South Porch at St Michael’s.
ST MICHAELS CHURCH, ROUTH LANE, TILEHURST, READING
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1468
Fell two lime trees to the rear of the garages
2, 32 EASTERN AVENUE, READING, RG1 5RY
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1469
T1 – Oak Tree, located at the front of property overhanging road. To reduce crown by approx. 2m back to appropriate points all round to give clearance to house. T2 – Small Leaf Lime Tree, in rear garden. To reduce all round by approx. 1.5 – 2m back to appropriate points to create a more compact and balanced tree. T3 – Sycamore Tree, growing in neighbour’s garden. Reduce back to fence line.
20 ARMOUR HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6JP
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1470
Proposed raised parking area to provide 2x off road parking spaces and new front boundary wall
94 Tilehurst Road, Reading, RG30 2LU
Received 4 Nov 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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