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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 dates26,701Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,252 approved or refused records
2,071Refused applications
17,181 approved · 2,071 refused · 2,005 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 2009 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- ClosedPL/25/0299
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 230806 - construct a single storey rear extension (not two storey), and reduce the size of the single storey side extension
9 TOWER CLOSE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8UU
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0300
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the property as a HMO for the last 10 years
57 Waylen Street, Reading, RG1 7UP
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0301
New side gate and railing to replace existing security gate. No alteration to the main building
154 CASTLE HILL, READING
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0302
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Construction Method Statement) of application 191815
4 COLLEGE ROAD, READING, RG6 1QD
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Under ConsultationPL/25/0304
The construction of a single storey garden building to be used as leisure space.
129 WHITEKNIGHTS ROAD, READING, RG6 7BB
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0305
Discharge of condition 6 (trees) of planning consent PL/17/0579
1 MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, READING, RG1 5JB
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0306
Crown lift low hanging branches of Lime tree that is encroaching on PFS sign (T1). Team to laterally reduce by approx. 2.5m branches of Lime trees that are encroaching on PFS up to a height of 6m (G1 - Approx. 6 trees); prune trees to the rear of the main building to provide 2m clearance
SERVICE STATION, TESCO EXTRA, NAPIER ROAD, READING, RG1 8DF
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0309
Certificate of existing use of 34 & 36 Anstey Road as a large HMO's sui generis use for 10 years.
34-36 Anstey Road, Reading, RG1 7JR
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0308
Change of use of 14 West Street from (use class (E) to a sui generis use (retrospective application)
14 West Street, Reading, RG1 1TT
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0310
Conversion of the double height ground floor level space at the southern end of the mid-block to provide 4 residential units (Class C3) at newly created first floor level, flexible Class E(b) or Sui Generis uses at remodelled ground floor level and various associated alterations (part retrospective) (amended description)
Huntley Wharf, Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0312
External and internal renovations and landscaping to the front garden to include alteration to front boundary wall and one parking space (part retrospective)
144 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2RD
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0313
Listed Building Consent for external and internal renovations and landscaping to the front garden to include alteration to front boundary wall and one parking space (part retrospective)
144 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2RD
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0314
Full application for the proposed redevelopment of site for flexible employment use (Use Class E(g)(ii)-(iii)/B2/B8) together with servicing areas, parking, landscaping and other associated works, including demolition
Shinfield Park, Whitley Wood Lane Shinfield, Wokingham,, RG2 9FW
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0315
Proposed change of use from a Class C4 HMO to a 'Sui Generis' 7 bedroom (8 persons) HMO
35 COLEY HILL, READING, RG1 6AE
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0317
Proposed change of use from a Class C4 HMO to a 'Sui Generis' 7 bedroom (8 persons) HMO .
35 COLEY HILL, READING, RG1 6AE
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0318
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of the property as 6 self-contained flats for more than 4 years
61 Waylen Street Reading, RG1 7UP
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0319
New mechanical plant in the yard, removal of external cold-rooms with erection of a single storey rear extension and spraying of the existing shopfront
Co-op Supermarket, 124 Henley Road, Reading, RG4 6DH
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0320
Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed single-storey rear extension
21 HEATH ROAD, READING, RG6 1ND
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0323
Prune one Cedar to give 3m clearance from the building and one Douglas fir to reduce weight of branches.
2 AVENUE HOUSE, UPPER WARREN AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EF
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0321
Discharge of conditions 4, 6, 7 & 16 of planning permission reference 231844
99 London Road, Reading, RG1 5BY
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0322
Replacement of existing Crittall windows with aluminium framed glazing in the same style and finish.
132 & 133 FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1EX
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0324
Gas mains replacement project on behalf of SGN including service renewals. Excavation on the line of the gas main and potential relocation of gas meters to an external meter box with visible external pipework.
Flats 1-12, 14-34 Oaklands Bulmershe Road, Reading, RG1 5RW & Flats 35-51 Oaklands, Hamilton Road, Reading, RG1 5RN
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0325
Replace all roofs 'like for like'- using handmade clay tiles. Renovate/repair cast iron rainwater goods as necessary.
OLD GROVE HOUSE, ST BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0327
Proposed display of nine corporate advertisement signs.
READING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK, READING
Received 3 Mar 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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