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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 dates26,161Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,833 approved or refused records
2,007Refused applications
16,826 approved · 2,007 refused · 1,933 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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/24/1471
Oak - crown thin by 15%, crown clean and selective branch reduction to give 3m clearance from the house
1 KIDMORE COURT, HUNTERS CHASE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7XL
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1472
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 for Application PL/23/0616
85 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BY
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1473
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 of application PL/23/1504
85 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BY
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1474
Two storey side extension
2A OAK TREE ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6JZ
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1475
Proposed change of use of the building to a 6 bedrooms HMO, studio flat and proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
62 PROSPECT STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1476
TWO STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND NEW GARAGE DOORS
133 WANTAGE ROAD, READING, RG30 2SL
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1478
Proposed replacement of front and rear windows of the flats and Entrance doors.
Flats 1-4, 16 Goldsmid Road
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1479
Sycamore tree - prune overhanging branches
7 Mapledene
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1480
Change of use of the existing property into a 5 bedroom dwelling use class (C3) with landscaping works
11 Glebe Road, Reading, RG2 7AG
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Under ConsultationPL/24/1481
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4, 5 and 7 of application 211929
FLAT 4, 200 TILEHURST ROAD, READING, RG30 2LY
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1482
Proposed new single storey side and part rear single storey extensions.
14 SEATON GARDENS, READING, RG2 7PB
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1483
Installation of air source heat pump
3 OAKDALE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5BZ
Received 7 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1484
G1 -2x Ash, 1x Oak, 1x Hazel, 1x Sycamore – prune back to a suitable growth point to provide up to 2M clearance from the neighbouring mobile homes.
CAVERSHAM PARK, PEPPARD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8TZ
Received 7 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1486
Request for observations by Reading Borough Council to West Berkshire District Council on WBDC application 24/02176/COND: Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (CMS), 24 (Pest Management Plan), 29 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 39 (Landscaping), 41 (Arboricultural Supervision), 48 (Comprehensive Emergency Plan) and 49 (Outline Emergency Plan) of approved 20/02029/COMIND - Development of an Energy Recovery Centre and adjacent Data Centre and associated infrastructure
J Mould (Reading) Ltd Reading Quarry Berrys Lane Burghfield, Reading, RG30 3EY
Received 7 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1488
Replace existing Panaflex illuminated fascia like for like but updating the font type and logo to show the new Santander corporate style. Replace existing externally illuminated projecting sign with new internally illuminated sign. New projecting sign to be finished in red RAL 3020 with white RAL 9010 logo.
100-101 BROAD STREET, READING, RG1 2AX
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1490
Certificate of lawfulness for the change of use of the property from a Use Class C3 dwelling to a Use Class C4 HMO
52 Laud Close, Reading, RG1 6RD
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1491
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Materials schedule) and 5 (Hard and Soft Landscaping/Biodiversity) of application 240605
15 WOODS ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NA
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1492
Single storey wrap around extension to basement flat (flat 7) and side extension to Ground floor flat (Flat 2)
Flat 2 & 7, 194 Tilehurst Road, Reading, RG30 2LY
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1494
Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.75m, and 2.65m 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.
149 ST SAVIOURS ROAD, READING, RG1 6EP
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1495
Timber framed car port in front garden. (Retrospective)
31 ELSLEY ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6RP
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1496
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 7 dwelling units. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
47 QUEEN'S WHARF, 47 QUEENS ROAD, READING, RG1 4QE
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1498
Conversion of Garage to Habitable Room with Front facing Window and Single Storey Rear Extension
1 CHESTNUT AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NS
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1499
DoV request - redevelopment of former Fire Station at 103 Dee Road Tilehurst (relating to original app PL/22/1130).
Site of 103 Dee Road Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4FS
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1500
Planning application for the development of 32 dwellings, including 10 affordable housing units with associated parking and landscaping following the demolition of the existing buildings.
MARSHALLS GARAGE, OXFORD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6TQ
Received 11 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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