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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 dates27,496Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 19,895 approved or refused records
2,183Refused applications
17,712 approved · 2,183 refused · 2,086 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/25/0905
The use of this property as a small HMO for three to six persons in excess of 10 years before the Article 4 Directive and the deadline date.
17 NORRIS ROAD, READING, RG6 1NJ
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0906
Proposed replacement of the existing render solution on Stenton Halls, Childs Halls and Mackinder Halls student accommodation buildings. Prior Approval under Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 7, Class M
Stenton Hall, Mackinder Hall and CHILDS HALL, UPPER REDLANDS ROAD, READING, RG1 5JW
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0908
ERECTION OF 7M HIGH FLAGPOLE
ATLANTIC HOUSE, IMPERIAL WAY, READING
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0909
Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that the dwelling has been converted into two 2-bedroom flats for more than 10 years (amended).
2 MAKER CLOSE, READING, RG30 3QL
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0910
Proposed Loft Dormer to Rear and 2 front conservation skylights
CHURCH VIEW, 37 PRINCES STREET, READING, RG1 4EG
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0911
Conversion of existing two-storey 1-bedroom maisonette into two self-contained flats
17 DUKESBRIDGE COURT, DUKE STREET, READING, RG1 4SA
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0912
Oak Tree T4 adjacent to footpath. Remove dead wood. Sycamore Tree T5 remove branches encroaching onto side of property. Oak Tree in G3 to rear/side of property 26 Balmore Park remove overhanging branches
69 BALMORE PARK, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8PX
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0914
Part two storey and part single storey rear extension (amended)
7 NEWLYN GARDENS, READING, RG2 8BD
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0915
T1 - Copper Beech - Thin crown by 10%, removing rubbing / weak crossing branches. Crown lift to approximately 3.5m by pruning tip ends only Prune limbs towards house by 1.5m.
BAILIFFS COTTAGE, THE BROOKMILL, READING, RG1 6DD
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0916
External alterations and replacement of existing plant
UNIT 3, PROC, READING, RG2 0GGTOR END NORTH
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0917
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of listed building consent PL/24/0404 (granted on 25/07/2024 for various internal and external works associated with reconfigured basement and ground floor uses on Friar St and Queen Victoria St frontages and upper floor apart-hotel) for alterations at basement and ground floor level, including revisions to the internal configuration of Unit 4 and 5, removal of internal stair and provision of new stair to front of Unit 4, changes to internal brick piers and changes to the external courtyard facing corner of Unit 5 from glazing to brick.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street & 145-148 Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1SY
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0918
Change of use of part of the ground floor to seventh floor from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 53 1x bed and 54 2x bed flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0919
Single storey front extension & side extension to replace existing garage; single storey rear extension; replacement windows; & replacement rear garden boundary fence
30 WENSLEY ROAD, READING, RG1 6DJ
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0920
Householder application for a loft conversion, including raising of roof height, a two storey rear extension, new dormer windows and garage conversion.
22 CHAZEY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DS
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0921
External works and landscaping
1 ST PETERS HILL, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7AX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0922
G1 - London Plane x7 - crown lift to 3.5m to give clearance over footpath and car park areas.
27 ROSE KILN LANE, READING, RG2 0JZ
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0923
External works and landscaping
1 ST PETERS HILL, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7AX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0926
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Acoustic Report) of application PL/25/0455
5-9 Merchants Place, Garrard Street, Reading, RG1 1DT
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0927
Rear dormer by way of hip to gable conversion with rooflights on front slope plus raising the lower ridge to match main ridge
184 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JU
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0929
Change of use of from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 58 flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (amended by plans received on 11 August 2025).
20 TUDOR ROAD, READING, RG1 1NH
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0930
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition Condition 22 - (badger sett survey) of Application PL/23/0612
Dwyer Road, Reading, RG30 3LN
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0931
single storey side and rear extensions (amended)
17 Conisboro Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7JB
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0932
2- Storey rear and single storey front extension
108 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 7DA
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/0934
Non-material amendments to permission PL/24/0422 (granted on 25/07/2024) to alter the wording of conditions 2, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40 and 43 to reflect changes to the referenced plans, including a change from glazing to brickwork to part of the external courtyard at ground floor level and layout changes to Units 4 & 5 fronting Queen Victoria Street at basement and ground floor level (amended description).
1-15 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET & 145 TO 148 FRIAR STREET, Reading, RG1 1SY
Received 1 Jul 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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