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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 dates26,458Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,063 approved or refused records
2,047Refused applications
17,016 approved · 2,047 refused · 1,975 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Decision MadePL/25/0055
Installation of 2 no. roof mounted flues and 4 no. roof mounted air conditioning units and associated works for the temporary use of the building as a public house staff training facility.
BEL & THE DRAGON RESTAURANT, GAS WORKS ROAD, READING, RG1 3EQ
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0056
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 - (Materials), 4 & 5 - (19% improvement in emissions rate), 6 - (Update for habitat enhancements), 7, 8 - (Tree protection plan), and 14 (Construction method statement) of application PL/23/1733
7 HAWTHORNE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0057
Retrospective Listed Building Consent for internal works
FLAT 5, 168 CASTLE HILL, READING, RG1 7RP
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0060
T1 Horse Chestnut - Fell and treat stump with eco-plugs. T2 Beech - Fell and treat stump with eco-plugs. T3 Horse Chestnut - Fell and treat stump with eco-plugs. T4 Horse Chestnut - Fell and treat stump with eco-plugs. TPO Ref: TPO 127-08 (part of G1 on schedule) - all on northern boundary with Blossom Road.
18 ST PETERS HILL, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0058
Rear extension measuring 4.5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 3.0m 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.
18 SYCAMORE ROAD, READING, RG2 7LY
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0059
1x new 3-bedroom dwelling and two-storey wraparound extension with associated parking
236 WENSLEY ROAD, READING, RG1 6DP
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0061
Application to discharge Condition 5 (Postal Address) of application PL/24/1433
17 Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0062
G2 (that being the group of Beech adjacent to 34 Ruskin) is included in TPO 20/14. Crown reduce one Beech & remove main limb overhanging 34 Ruskin; Reduce second Beech on side overhanging 34 Ruskin.
2 WILLOW VIEW, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6LB
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0064
Non-material amendment to permission 23/0612 (Redevelopment of Site to deliver 30 new dwellings, alongside new access, soft and hard landscaping, parking and ancillary works) to vary the wording of Condition 13 (Validation Report)
N/A, Dwyer Road, Reading, RG30 3LN
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0065
Variation of Conditions to permitted application 24/0493 - Proposed single and two storey rear extensions to form kitchen, WC, dining room and bathroom - Require condition 2 proposed plans and elevations drawing No. S-24-10 Rev B dated 9th April 2024 to be changed to Revision C
87 WOODCOTE WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7HL
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0066
Rear extension measuring 5m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.75m, and 2.55m 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.
115 WHITEKNIGHTS ROAD, READING, RG6 7BB
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0067
Discharge of conditions 3 (contaminated land assessment), 4 (remediation scheme), 5 (validation report), 8 (foul water network details) & 9 (surface water network details) for prior approval application PL/24/0997, as given on 27/09/2024.
Kennet Place 121 Kings Road Reading RG1 3ES
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0069
Partly retrospective hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, single storey rear extension, and outbuilding.
285 BASINGSTOKE ROAD, READING, RG2 0JA
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0070
Fitout works to a newly constructed drive thru unit, including new signage and plant enclosure to house A/C condensers and bins
162, Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2HA
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0071
Fitout works to a newly constructed drive thru unit, including new signage and plant enclosure to house A/C condensers and bins
162, Bath Road, Reading, RG30 2HA
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0073
Installation of 2 no. roof mounted flues and 4 no. roof mounted air conditioning units and associated works for the temporary use of the building as a public house staff training facility.
BEL & THE DRAGON RESTAURANT, GAS WORKS ROAD, READING, RG1 3EQ
Received 15 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0077
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 20 (BREEAM Interim Certificate) of planning permission ref. 220545
27-32 MARKET PLACE, READING, RG1 2DE
Received 16 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0078
Additional new first floor to existing bungalow formed by raising existing roof
10 PARKHOUSE LANE, READING, RG30 2AH
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0079
Non-Material Amendment to Application 23/0613 - (Demolition and redevelopment of the Amethyst Lane to deliver a new respite care facility alongside 17 new homes, landscaping and ancillary works) to amend Condition 16 (mechanical plant), Condition 19 (Validation Report) and Condition 30 (photovoltaics and heat pumps).
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0080
Removal and replacement of existing outbuilding
33 DEANS FARM, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JZ
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0081
Single storey side extension
32 RINGWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6TX
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0082
Single storey rear extension.
51 SHERMAN ROAD, READING, RG1 2PP
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0083
Erection of a National Police Memorial to the late PC Andrew Harper
Land Adjacent the War Memorial, The Forbury RG1 3EJ
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0084
Raise height of the existing roofline by 0.5 metres. Convert front dormer to a Velux roof light.
24 NEW LANE HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4JP
Received 20 Jan 2025
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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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