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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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17,665 approved · 2,180 refused · 2,079 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decision MadePL/25/0876
Installation of an external fire escape staircase and associated alterations at rear first and second floor level.
121-122, Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2BD
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0877
Application for tree works to reduce the height of the purple beech tree in the front garden of 74 Hamilton Rd, by one third.
74 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RD
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0879
Two-storey rear extension, single storey side and rear extensions, new side dormer window and insertion of roof windows
3 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0881
Proposed garage conversion and single storey side extension.
142 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6LL
Received 18 Jun 2025 - ClosedPL/25/0883
Proposed children’s nursery building (Use Class E(f)) ancillary outdoor space, shed and replacement fencing and gates to provide expanded facilities for the existing Emmer Green Kindergarten on Grove Road
Land to the rear of 88 Knights Way, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8RH
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0884
Replacement of flat windows and doors with new uPVC, replacement of entrance screen and doors with new powder coated aluminium and replacement of fascias with new uPVC.
19, to 26, Beatty Drive, Reading, RG30 6NE
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0885
Replace existing timber double fire door with a new metal double door.
TOWN HALL, BLAGRAVE STREET, READING
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0886
Discharge of condition 4 (Demolition and Construction Method Statement) of planning permission PL/22/0258, as allowed on appeal (Ref: APP/E0345/W/23/3315618) on 02/04/2024 (amended description).
220 ELGAR ROAD SOUTH, READING, RG2 0BW
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0887
Single storey rear extension, single storey front extension, conversion of garage to habitable room, formation of extra car hardstanding.
141 APPLEFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 3NT
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0888
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.6m, and 2.6m 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.
120 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, READING, RG2 7PP
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0889
Minor amendment of condition 2 of planning permission PL/19/2054 for amendments to locations of parking spaces, cycle shelter, transformer and substation, and new cycle/pedestrian route and pv and other minor external works
Reading International Business Park , Land to the South of A33 Relief Road , Reading, RG2 6AA
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0890
Part two storey and part single storey rear extension (amended)
120 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, READING, RG2 7PP
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0891
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Construction Method Statement and site plan) of application PL/25/0313
144 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2RD
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0892
Approval of details reserved by a condition application submission for the discharge of conditions 9 (Energy Statement), 12 (Refuse & Recycling), 15 (Vehicle Parking Plan), and 21 (Archaeology) of application 210661.
31 MILMAN ROAD, READING
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0893
Application for the discharge of condition 5 ( Ecological Enhancement Plan) of application PL/24/1329
UNIT 5, PROCTOR END SOUTH, READING, RG2 0GG
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0894
Discharge of conditions 4 (details of the recording of the existing buildings), 8 (demolition and construction method statement), 23 (remediation scheme), 24 (validation report) of planning permission 220922, as granted on 22/03/2024 (sought retrospectively).
71-73 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING, RG1 8JA
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0895
A householders planning application for the removal of an existing conservatory and replacement with a single storey rear extension Inc. Mono-pitch roof and 'Velux' style roof lights. A first floor side extension with pitched roof. Minor alterations to the existing apertures at first floor level.
9 SANDCROFT ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NP
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0896
Application for the discharge of conditions 4: (Brel Report, Full SAP Calculation, and SAP New Build Report.), 8 (Habitat Enhancement Scheme.), 9: (Japanese Knotweed Eradication Strategy.), 13: (Construction Method Statement.) of PL/24/0415.
Land to South Of 104 Berkeley Avenue, Reading, RG1 6HY
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0897
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Landscape Plan) of application PL/24/1166
23 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LR
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Under ConsultationPL/25/0899
Proposed Signage
Unit 3, Proctor End, Reading, RG2 0GG
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0900
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) of application PL/25/0312
144 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2RD
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0901
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 15 (Contaminated Land Remediation Validation) relating to planning permission PL/22/1130
103 Dee Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4FS
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0903
Removal of 2 Japanese maple & 1 Hazel
8 GLEBE ROAD, READING, RG2 7AG
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0904
PROPOSED HIP TO GABLE VELUX STYLE LOFT CONVERISON
9 PARK LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5DJ
Received 23 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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