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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 dates28,267Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,511 approved or refused records
2,286Refused applications
18,225 approved · 2,286 refused · 2,164 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decision MadePL/25/1508
Proposed part single storey front/porch extension and garage conversion
16 BERKELEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6JE
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1509
Section 73 application to vary Condition 2 (Drawings) of planning application PL/24/0852 “Proposed development a Drive-Through restaurant (Use Class E (a,b) and Sui Generis Hot Food Take Away, Car Parking, enhanced landscaping and Access Arrangements. Variation of Conditions 9 and 10 (BREEAM) of application 220637” (to amend the design)
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1510
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 8 - External Materials of planning permission PL/24/0852
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1511
Part Retrospective Illuminated fascia and projecting sign (amended description)
1 ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 2LN
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1512
TPO 55/07 - T.1 Silver Birch (L) Crown lift to approximately 4m, T.9 Horse Chestnut (L) Remove 2x low limbs and Crown lift to approximately 4.5m G.3 5x Large trees in rear garden (L) T4, T5, T6, T7 + T8 of TPO Crown lift to approximately 5m.
232 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JN
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1513
Application for the approval of details reserved by condition 5 (Materials), 8 (Boundary treatment), 12 (Construction Method Statement), 13 (Contamination), 16 (Noise and dust) and 18 (SAP) of application 161507
2 WATER ROAD, READING, RG30 2NN
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1514
T.2 Oak, remove the 2 lowest limbs over the court back to source Reduce crown over courts by approximately 1.5m. (TPO 77/13)
Grounds of Tennis Courts, R/o 51-62 Balmore Drive, Reading
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1515
T.2 Oak (C), crown reduced by approximately 20% of leaf area (this equates to reducing the existing crown by up to approximately 1-1.5m of the radial crown spread and up to approximately 0.5m of the height), TPO 40/01
40 OAK TREE ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6JX
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1516
Erection of a new dwelling to adjoin no. 205 Henley Road, with associated parking, amenity space, and use of existing site access.
205 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6LJ
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1518
TPO number 15/11 - range of works to various trees, see application form for details.
READING SCHOOL, ERLEIGH ROAD, READING
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1519
Application for Discharge of condition 2 Site Registration Form - WML-CL21 and Bat Mitigation Class Licence - Annexes B, C, and D of permission PL/25/0039
GROVE HOUSE, LEIGHTON PARK SCHOOL, SHINFIELD ROAD, READING
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1520
Wide range of tree work - see statement of works for details.
WANTAGE HALL, UPPER REDLANDS ROAD, READING, RG1 5JG
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1521
Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the proposed development of a maximum of 102,500m2 (Gross External Area) Class B8 (Storage or distribution) floorspace, and 7,500 m2 (Gross External Area) Class B2 (General industrial) floorspace and associated works on land off Island Road, Reading.
Land off Island Road, Reading, RG2
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1522
Discharge of conditions 37c) (as built SAP assessment Block B2 - Phase 4) and 37d) (as built SAP assessment Block B1 - Phase 5) of planning permission 170326.
Land between Weldale Street and Chatham Street, Reading
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1524
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for proposed works to extend an existing dwellinghouse and build two outbuildings. (Prior Approval determined for this development in PL/25/1187)
2 CONISBORO WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7HT
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1525
Proposed single storey rear infill extension
5 CROMWELL ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5EA
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1526
Application for the replacement of windows no 3 to front elevation and no 1 to rear elevation, Flat 9, 3rd Floor.
9 HERITAGE COURT, READING, RG1 7RP
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1527
Fell 1 Sycamore
8 & 10 Eldon Road, Reading,
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1528
Proposed Side Extension, Loft conversion with rear dormer
49 CHURCH END LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UP
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1529
Application under S96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for a Non-Material Amendment to PL/19/2054 (as amended by PL/21/0859 and PL/22/0496). Including changes to car park, bin store relocation and changes to access points for Unit 1.
Reading International Business Park , Land to the South of A33 Relief Road, Reading , RG2 6AA
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1530
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a single-storey outbuilding with flat roof
1 TRELLECK ROAD, READING, RG1 6EN
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Under ConsultationPL/25/1531
Application for the approval of details under condition 22 Part ii (Off-Site BNG) of planning permission ref. PL/22/1312 (as amended my non material amendment ref. PL/23/0622)
Site of former Reading Golf Club, 17 Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SQ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1532
Application for single storey rear extension of 3m in depth, 2.55m in eaves height, material match the existing.
38 AUCKLAND ROAD, READING, RG6 1NY
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1533
Various Tree Works G1 - Cherry x 2, Mixed Species Group x 6, G3 - Mixed Species Group.
Reading Audi, Unit 2, Worton Drive , Reading, RG2 0TG
Received 27 Oct 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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