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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 dates27,121Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,591 approved or refused records
2,138Refused applications
17,453 approved · 2,138 refused · 2,048 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/25/0589
Single storey front and rear extension following the demolition of two rear conservatories.
6 GURNEY CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LE
Received 16 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0591
Proposed loft conversion with rear cottage style dormers and skylights in front roof slope.
21 HIGHMOOR ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7BL
Received 17 Apr 2025 - ClosedPL/25/0590
Modular cabin measuring 9.5m x 3m (28.5m²) in rear garden
80 WHITLEY WOOD ROAD, READING, RG2 8JE
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0592
Single Storey side/rear extension and internal alterations (amended).
85 WESTBOURNE TERRACE, READING, RG30 2RP
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0593
First floor rear extension over existing single storey rear extension, side porch extension and associated changes to fenestration
210 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7ND
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0594
Discharge of the remaining part of condition 11 (Archaeology) of planning permission 231673, as granted on 27/03/2024.
55, Vastern Road, Reading, RG1 8BU
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0595
Proposed single storey rear extension up to 3.0m depth, with loft conversion and addition of dormer extensions
15 CONNAUGHT ROAD, READING, RG30 2UD
Received 18 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0597
Convert the garage into a home Office/ Study room. New front-facing window to replace the garage door to the front of the property.
3 ILCHESTER MEWS, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6RL
Received 21 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0599
Re-pollard one Holm oak and pollard one Sycamore on the frontage of Maitland House
ABBEYFIELD HOUSE, 11 MAITLAND ROAD, READING, RG1 6NL
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0600
Install a conventional lightning protection system to the exterior of the library following a fire risk assessment.
CAVERSHAM LIBRARY, CHURCH STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AU
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0601
Discharge of condition 4 (Site Security Strategy) of planning permission PL/24/1725, as granted on 24/03/2025.
2 NORMAN PLACE, READING, RG1 8DA
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0602
Two storey side extension, single storey front extension and additional storey on main dwelling.
241A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QW
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0603
Retrospective repairs to roof required to prevent water ingress to building. Repairs to chimney.
7 ELDON SQUARE, READING
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0604
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Archaeology) of application PL/23/0726
147 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JR
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0606
Repair and conservation of part of the eastern boundary (screen) wall at Caversham Court Gardens including: part dismantling and rebuilding of two sections of the wall, repairs in situ to the wall, repairs to brickwork arches over existing below ground vaults, new structural concrete slab over vaults, alterations to existing surface water drainage and new supplementary surface water drainage, new paving to inner pavement, root protection measures.
CAVERSHAM COURT, CHURCH ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0607
Repair and conservation of part of the eastern boundary (screen) wall at Caversham Court Gardens including: part dismantling and rebuilding of two sections of the wall, repairs in situ to the wall, repairs to brickwork arches over existing below ground vaults, new structural concrete slab over vaults, alterations to existing surface water drainage and new supplementary surface water drainage, new paving to inner pavement, root protection measures.
CAVERSHAM COURT, CHURCH ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0608
Conversion of passageway to habitable accommodation with front and rear windows as per the plans listed below.
45 HENRY STREET, READING, RG1 2NW
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0609
Loft conversion with front and rear roof lights
15 BOSTON AVENUE, READING, RG1 6JU
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0614
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 16 - mechanical plant - of Application PL/23/0613
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0615
Proposed new MRI unit in a temporary modular building, for a period of 7 years (amended description)
BERKSHIRE INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL, WENSLEY ROAD, READING, RG1 6UZ
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0616
Discharge of condition(s) 3 (External Materials); 4 (hard and soft landscaping); 5 (Arboricultural method statement and Tree protection plan); 6 (Construction Method Statement); 8 (Construction Environmental Management plan); 10 (Habitat enhancement scheme) of planning permission 25/0616.
SOVEREIGN HOUSE, 57-59 VASTERN ROAD, READING
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0617
Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission to Condition 66 of planning permission 201532 to allow access to the public realm for the Station Hill launch event
Plot E Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0618
NMA to Condition 72 of planning permission 201536 to allow access to the public realm for the Station Hill launch event
Plot F Station Hill North, Station Hill North, Reading, RG1 1NB
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0620
Self-build erection of a single dwellinghouse, with associated access, parking and landscaping, including the relocation of a boundary wall and the removal of a bunker structure
Land adjacent to, 43 Upper Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5JE
Received 24 Apr 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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