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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 dates28,119Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,387 approved or refused records
2,259Refused applications
18,128 approved · 2,259 refused · 2,151 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/25/1392
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
LAND AT BROAD STREET, READING, RG1 2BH
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1393
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 298 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1AD
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1395
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
231A LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 3NY
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1396
Proposed temporary opening up works and associated initial investigations to the roof structures of Reading Town Hall.
TOWN HALL, BLAGRAVE STREET, READING
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1398
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
FLAT C, 31 VASTERN ROAD, READING, RG1 8DJ
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1399
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
STATION APPROACH, READING, RG1 1LX
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1400
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
STREET OUTSIDE NOVOTEL READING CENTRE, 25B FRIAR STREET, READING, RG1 1DP
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1401
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
LAND AT BROAD STREET, READING, RG1 2BH
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1402
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 298 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1AD
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1403
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
PAVEMENT OUTSIDE THE TRIANGLE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4RN
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1404
Proposed installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal.
231A LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 3NY
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1405
Internal alterations and fenestration changes
10 SILVERTHORNE DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NS
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1406
Part single storey, part 2 storey rear extension
36 STONE STREET, READING, RG30 1HU
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1407
Discharge of Conditions 8 (Pre occupation-EV Charging scheme), 11 (Preoccupation-Letter Report confirming enhancements) and 15 (SAP report) of application PL/241360 for the Erection of two 3-bed detached dwellings with associated garaging for Plot 1.
5, Grass Hill, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7TJ
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1409
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension to create a granny annexe, and an air source heat pump to the rear
6 CLEVEDON ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6RL
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1410
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) – Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus. 1 X 10M WOODEN POLE.
119 ELVASTON WAY, TILEHURST, RG30 4NA, READING, RG30 4NA
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1411
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) – Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus. 1 X 10M WOOODEN POLE
20 POOLE CLOSE, TILEHURST, RG30 4LT
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1412
Proposed garage conversion, part double part single rear extension, single storey side extension, single storey front extension, following demolition of existing conservatory along with changes to fenestration.
73 WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EY
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1413
T1, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10 – London Planes - Crown lift over footpath to a maximum height of 3m; prune to provide clearance from building
APEX PLAZA, FORBURY ROAD, READING
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1414
Retractable fabric awning on shop front elevation.
82-84 WHITLEY STREET, READING, RG2 0EQ
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1415
.Proposed Loft Conversion with L-Shaped Dormer
3 HAMPDEN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5ED
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1416
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of the dwelling 62 George Street as a 6 bedroom HMO over 4 levels with 6 bedrooms
62 George Street, Reading RG1 7NT
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1418
Replacement boiler in listed building
9B SIDMOUTH STREET, READING, RG1 4QX
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1419
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/24/1696, Appeal ref APP/E0345/D/25/3365141 for changes to approved plans
340 HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QL
Received 3 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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