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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 dates28,031Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,311 approved or refused records
2,241Refused applications
18,070 approved · 2,241 refused · 2,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Feb 2009 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Under ConsultationPL/25/1338
Application under Section 73 to vary Condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission ref. PL/23/0814: (Demolition of existing buildings and structures, associated re-use of frame with basement level used for car parking and servicing, erection of 3 no. residential blocks containing 46 no. dwellings above, associated parking (including replacement), access works and landscaping, relocation of substations and associated works to rear of indigo apartments to facilitate pedestrian access) to add dormers to the front roof slope of building 1 (terrace houses) and to the top floor of building 2 (central block), addition of ensuites to a number of the 2b3p units in building 2, other minor changes to the layouts of all three buildings, addition of 2 tandem vehicle parking spaces at basement level which will include EV charging and to reduce the affordable housing provision of the development (amended description)
9 UPPER CROWN STREET, READING, RG1 2SS
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1340
Two storey rear extension with the raising of ridge height to flats 1 and 2
462 & 464 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1EE
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1341
Proposed single storey rear extension, garage conversion, open porch roof and front boundary wall.
148 WHITLEY WOOD ROAD, READING, RG2 8JS
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1342
TPO 140/01 English Oak - Crown reduction by approx. 2 metres. Crown lift to give a clearance of 6 metres from ground level. Thin crown by 15% and remove dead wood.
15 WALMER CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HL
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1343
Proposed single storey front and rear extension
51 KNIGHTS WAY, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RJ
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1344
The use of the existing dwellinghouse for purposes within Class C2 of the Use Classes Order for occupation by no more than 3 children and 3 adults at any one time.
4 DOWNSHIRE SQUARE, READING, RG1 6NJ
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1345
Reduction of T2 Pagoda tree by 1m all round and removing any deadwood.
30 CHAZEY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DS
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1346
Single storey extension and loft extension to rear, provision of velux windows to front, roof extension associated with the creation of first floor accommodation and creation of new gable end to front, together with demolition of existing outbuilding
18 RICHMOND ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7PP
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1347
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the north (52 panels), south (52 panels) and west (28 panels) rooftops of Domain, Tilling Courtyard, Weldale Street, as per The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J.
Domain Rental Apartment, Phase 1, Tilling Courtyard, Weldale Street, Reading, RG1 7BZ
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1348
Site alterations including new hardstanding and footpaths and their associated lighting, new bollards, planters, new and replacement CCTV and new ANPR, with associated electrical cabinet; new smoking shelter, bike shelter and associated charging and a new bus drop/pick up point with waiting shelter and pedestrian barriers and associated works.
250 BROOK DRIVE, READING, RG2 6UA
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1349
Non-material amendments to permission 220258 (allowed on appeal [APP/E0345/W/23/3315618] on 02/04/2024 for ‘a residential redevelopment comprising demolition of existing single storey building and erection of 16 dwellings together with associated works- revised scheme following the refusal of application 210526’) to alter the wording of condition 5 (contaminated land), amending the trigger point for the approval of details from pre-demolition to pre-construction.
220 ELGAR ROAD SOUTH, READING, RG2 0BW
Received 24 Sept 2025 - ValidPL/25/1350
Two Horse Chestnut trees T1 and T2 (Aesulus Hippocastanum) - crown reductions of around 20% (5-6 metres) T3 and T4 to have dead wood and broken branches removed
11 AUGUST END, READING, RG30 2JP
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1351
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1352
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s 29 Church Street, Reading , RG4 8BA
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1353
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s Norcot Service Station, 856 Oxford Road, Reading , RG30 1EL
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1354
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s 231 Shinfield Road, Reading , RG2 8HD
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1355
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as 2no. residential dwellings
32 BULMERSHE ROAD, READING, RG1 5RJ
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1356
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s Great Brigham Mead, Caversham Road, Reading , RG1 8DJ
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1357
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s 29 Church Street, Reading , RG4 8BA
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1358
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s Norcot Service Station, 856 Oxford Road, Reading , RG30 1EL
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1359
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
Pavement o/s 231 Shinfield Road, Reading , RG2 8HD
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1360
Front garage door removed and replaced with window, rear garage door removed and replaced with French-door with side windows, Internal double door added to existing wall, existing Kitchen converted to home office and existing garage used as kitchen and dining.
2 PANTILE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HX
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1361
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by conditions 7 (Landscaping), and 10 and 11 (Internal schedule) of application PL/25/0313
144 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2RD
Received 24 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1363
Installation of two external condensers and associated alterations to the building including PV panels on the roof (retrospective).
UNIT 54, MILFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 8LJ
Received 25 Sept 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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