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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 dates27,433Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,845 approved or refused records
2,180Refused applications
17,665 approved · 2,180 refused · 2,079 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0845
Partial re-roofing to the front elevation, insertion of a conservation rooflight to the rear elevation and installation of a new water supply.
6 CHURCH STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AT
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0846
T.1 Eucalyptus (C)-Section fell in safe and controlled manner to just above ground level. T.2 Cherry (L)Crown reduce by approximately 30% of leaf area
72 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RD
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0847
Advertisement consent for the erection of 1x 7m internally illuminated pole sign.
Morrisons, Petrol Station, Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0HB
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0848
Sycamore tree - Fell
44 NEW ROAD, READING, RG1 5JD
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0849
Single storey rear extension to ground floor, internal alterations and new dormer extension on Second Floor.
75 RUSSELL STREET, READING, RG1 7XG
Received 9 Jun 2025 - ClosedPL/25/0850
Conversion of the existing Second floor which is "self-contained ancillary/storage accommodation" to the two below commercial units into two self contained residential flats Under class G with Bin store in the Ground floor.
73, 74 & 74 A, Broad Street, Reading, Reading, RG1 2AP
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0851
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 4.0m, 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.
78 BURGHFIELD ROAD, READING, RG30 3LP
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0852
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission PL/25/0138 for a smaller-scale rear extension with a lean-to roof (amended).
160 HENLEY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6DJ
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0853
T7 Ash - Fell due to decay in the upper crown at the old pollard points
368 PEPPARD ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8UZ
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0856
Reduction of one Willow by 3m and fell one Pine in rear garden
9 SURLEY ROW, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8ND
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0857
Non-material amendments to permission PL/24/1725 (granted on 24/03/2025) to alter the wording of conditions 2 and 3 to show an updated car parking layout and the extent of site ownership.
2 NORMAN PLACE, READING, RG1 8DA
Received 10 Jun 2025 - Under ConsultationPL/25/0859
Single storey side extension (amended)
57A FOXHAYS ROAD, READING, RG2 8NA
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0860
Single storey rear extension with Ultraframe pre fabricated insulated roof with glazed sections
21 MAINE STREET, READING, RG2 6AG
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0862
Installation of boundary fencing - Ash tree leaning over boundary line - proposing to fell. Hawthorn tree leaning over boundary line - proposing to fell. Ash Sapling my side of the boundary line - proposing to fell
35 BROOKLYN DRIVE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SR
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0863
Non-material amendment to condition 6 of application PL/18/1351 - Adjust hours of opening to 6am-10pm Monday to Saturday and 7am-10pm Sundays and Bank Holidays.
70 WHITLEY STREET, READING, RG2 0EQ
Received 11 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0864
Two storey side extension and first floor rear extension
7 GURNEY CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LE
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0865
T42 - Flowering Cherry Woody root(s) approximately 20-30mm diameter forming nodules under two paving slabs to be cut back to the edge of the slab prior to the affected paving slabs being re-laid on a bed of pH neutral coarse sand.
WEST FRYERNE, PARKSIDE ROAD, READING
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0866
Retrospective advertising consent for illuminated signboard for Turkish Halal Food Centre.
70 WHITLEY STREET, READING, RG2 0EQ
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0867
Alterations to the ground floor shop front (Use class E) to provide additional door to access upper floor areas (Use Class E). (Amended description)
58 KINGS ROAD, READING
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0868
Change of use of 1st Floor, 2nd Floor and Loft from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 3 new flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
NATIONAL DEPOSIT FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 58 KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 3AA
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0871
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSION FOLLOWING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED / STORE INCLUDING INTERNAL ALTERATION TO THE DWELLING.
43 COLLIERS WAY, READING, RG30 2QT
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0870
Application for consent to display an Advert -3no. internally illuminated fascia signs, and 4no digital screens, internally fixed behind shopfront glazing.
23 KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 3AR
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0872
Application for planning permission for an attic conversion, to create habitable space with roof lights.
209A London Road, Reading, RG1 3NU
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0875
Application for discharge of condition 4 ( Shop Front Design) of application PL/24/1382, Creation of 3No Apartments at The First, Second & Third Floors, no alterations to the external Building other than the addition of a new front door and a new Retail Shop Front.
28-30 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, READING, RG1 1TG
Received 16 Jun 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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