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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 dates26,361Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 18,987 approved or refused records
2,030Refused applications
16,957 approved · 2,030 refused · 1,959 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/1646
Application to discharge condition 3 (Schedule of materials) of planning permission reference PL/24/0766
Magnolia House, Upper Warren Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7EB
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1647
Branches of mixed species frees and foliage encroaching on carpark spaces to be lifted to 2.4m from ground level (G1 - Birch, Maple, Cotoneaster, Ivy, Laurel, Cherry, Ash, Lime) marked in yellow on the attached map.
TESCO EXTRA, NAPIER ROAD, READING, RG1 8DF
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1648
Single storey 3 metre rear extension.
47 TINTERN CRESCENT, READING, RG1 6HB
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1649
Single Storey Side and Rear wraparound extension.
75 BIRDHILL AVENUE, READING, RG2 7JU
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1651
Rear extension measuring 6.5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 2.5m 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.
20 BROOKLYN DRIVE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SS
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1654
Erection of new porch
103 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD, READING, RG30 3BS
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1655
Erection of outbuilding with flat roof.
103 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD, READING, RG30 3BS
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1656
The proposed works include a rear extension above the existing ground floor extension, internal reconfiguration of the house and the addition of roof lights.
25 ELGAR ROAD, READING, RG2 0DQ
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1658
FRONT PORCH
38 ELM ROAD, READING, RG6 5TS
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1659
Erection of 4no. two-storey detached dwellings (3 x 3-bed, 1 x 4-bed) including access via Atterbury Gardens, parking, and associated works
Land at Atterbury Gardens, Rear of 23-25 Richmond Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7PR
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1660
Proposed internal first floor alterations to accommodate a larger bathroom and to reconfigure a bedroom
34 DEANS FARM, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JZ
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1661
Minor amendment of planning permission 230228 for new return on proposed wall and gate post location; Access gate adjustments; Retention of existing lamp post; New coping for existing pier; Amendment to proposed brick bond.
St. Mary's Service Yard, St Marys Butts, Reading, RG1 2HX
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1662
Proposed Outbuilding
6 WINCANTON ROAD, READING, RG2 8PB
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1663
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 240149 - first floor rear wall to the master bedroom to be squared off.
122 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NB
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1664
Application to discharge condition 5 (landscaping) of planning permission 240149.
122 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NB
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1666
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 - (Cycles), 5 - (CMS), 6 - (Air Quality), 9 - (Postal Address), and 13 - (Bins) of application 220489
34, St Marys Butts , Reading, RG1 2LQ
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1667
Single storey rear extension
42 BUXTON AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7BU
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1669
Erection of covered building
72, George Street , Reading , RG4 8DW
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1670
Single storey front enclosure for customer seating at restaurant business.
92 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7LJ
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1671
Beech tree (T4) - remove 2 low branches over driveway. To allow clearance. Horse Chestnut tree (T5) - fell to ground level. Leaning tree. Horse Chestnut (T6) - remove stem over driveway, remove low branch on neighbours side, cut back branch above to union approx 1 meter from main stem. To allow clearance and light to neighbours side. Horse Chestnut (T7) - remove low branch and drooping branch on neighbours side. To allow light. Horse Chestnut (T8) - remove 2 lowest branches on customers side, remove 2 branches in contact with phone line, remove small low branches on neighbours side. To allow clearance and light to neighbours side.
CHERRYCROFT, UPPER WARREN AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EB
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1672
Installation of an air-source heat pump
74 WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EX
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1673
Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use or development (CLOPUD) application to confirm that the building has flexible use to change from existing B2 to B8
Building 1, Arena Business Park, Acre Road, Reading RG2 OSU
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1675
Single storey side extension and garage conversion.
22 TREDEGAR ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8QF
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1676
Garage Conversion
8 DENBEIGH PLACE, READING, RG1 8QE
Received 13 Dec 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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