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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 dates26,403Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,019 approved or refused records
2,040Refused applications
16,979 approved · 2,040 refused · 1,967 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/24/1707
New fascia signage, menu board, projecting sign & window manifestation.
UNIT L30, ORACLE SHOPPING CENTRE, MINSTER STREET, READING, RG1 2AQ
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1708
Two storey side/rear extension, single storey front extensions and new rear basement extension.
14 ALLCROFT ROAD, READING, RG1 5HH
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1709
Non-Material Amendment Application (S96a) to Prior Approval Consent ref. PL/21/0478 for internal layout changes
Soane Point , 3-10 Market Place, Reading, RG1 2EG
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1710
Hip-to-gable and rear-facing dormer.
907A OXFORD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6TP
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1711
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
82 WESTFIELD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8HJ
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1713
Two storey side/rear extension, single storey front extensions, garage conversion and new rear basement extension.
16 ALLCROFT ROAD, READING, RG1 5HH
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Under ConsultationPL/24/1714
Discharge of conditions 6,7,8,9,10 & 13 of planning permission reference PL/21/1478.
58 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JN
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1715
Internally illuminated aluminium sign frame with acrylic front and vinyl letters (retrospective)
602 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1EG
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1716
Prune Oak tree TPO number 333 to provide 4m clearance from the house and a crown clean and canopy thin by 10-15%. A similar pruning was approved and carried out in 2010 but there has been significant growth in the 14 years since.
2 KIDMORE COURT, HUNTERS CHASE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7XL
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1717
Loft conversion, including a hip-to-gable conversion, erection of a rear dormer, erection of a front dormer, and installation of front roof lights (amended).
21 CULVER ROAD, READING, RG6 1QA
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1718
Erection of outbuilding with flat roof and skylight with new fenestration. (retrospective)
40 GREENFIELDS ROAD, READING, RG2 8SF
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1719
New entrance lobby and doors, external mirrors, redecorations and fascia.
UNIT L30, ORACLE SHOPPING CENTRE, MINSTER STREET, READING, RG1 2AQ
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1720
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 20 (BREEAM) of Permission 201532.
Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1721
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 46 (BREEAM) of Permission 201536.
Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1722
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use of the property as five self-contained flats (Use Class C3) within a two-storey, detached house comprising of 2x1 bed flats at ground floor (Flats 1&2), 1xstudio flat and 1x1 bed at first floor (Flats 3 & 4) in the main house, and 1xstudio flat in an annexe (amended)
66 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7JR
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1723
Proposed 2 storey side extension to include replacement garage, part 2 storey rear extension and single storey front extensions for porch and bay window, plus alternations to façade.
48 GROSVENOR ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5EN
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1724
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Noise assessment),6 (Odour assessment),7 (Bin stores) and 8 (Construction Method Statement) of application 201390
65 ST MARYS BUTTS, READING
Received 23 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1725
Retrospective change of use of existing car park associated with the former office premises to public car park (Sui Generis) for a temporary period of three years
2 NORMAN PLACE, READING, RG1 8DA
Received 24 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1726
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed creation of a 5 bedroom HMO.
12 Blenheim Road, Reading, RG1 5NQ
Received 25 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1727
Non-Material Amendments to conditions 2 (approved plans) 5 (parking provision) and 13 (biodiversity plan) for planning permission reference PL/23/1644
PARK LANE PRIMARY SCHOOL INFANTS DEPARTMENT, 55 SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5AS
Received 27 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1729
External alterations
40 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING, RG1 7EB
Received 30 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1730
Part first floor rear extension
11 HILL STREET, READING, RG1 2NU
Received 31 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1731
Erection of 2-storey, 2-bed attached dwelling
HAWK COTTAGES, SILVER STREET, READING
Received 31 Dec 2024 - Decision MadePL/24/1732
Single storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory
27 ST ANNES ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7PA
Received 31 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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