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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 dates28,624Searchable applications
429Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,786 approved or refused records
2,338Refused applications
18,448 approved · 2,338 refused · 2,211 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/25/1767
Construction of new lift to existing building. Removal of one tree and planting of new trees.
42 BATH ROAD, READING, RG1 6PG
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1768
Construction of new lift to existing building. Removal of one tree and planting of new trees.
42 BATH ROAD, READING, RG1 6PG
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1769
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Supplementary Desk Study Report),), 7 (Remediation scheme) and 8 (Remediation scheme implementation) of application PL/25/0918
ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1771
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2X one bedroom flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
3 TIDMARSH STREET, READING, RG30 1HX
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1773
Proposed single storey rear extension
270 TILEHURST ROAD, READING, RG30 2NE
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1774
Unit C3 can be used within Class E (b),(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g). Unit C3 can be used within Class E(a) subject to the limitations of condition 13b of planning permission ref 210406 . For clarity, condition 13b only allows the sale of clothing, household goods and textiles, china, glassware, pottery and seasonal items from Unit C3 when in tandem occupation with adjacent Unit D.
Unit C3, Reading Link Retail Park, Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, RG2 0SN
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1775
Proposed part single storey and part two storey rear extensions; front extension; garage conversion; two rear dormers and three rooflights. (amended)
41 PATRICK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DD
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1776
Proposed loft conversion with a rear dormer and two front dormers .
41 PATRICK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DD
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1777
Shopfront fascia signage with overhead light, a projecting sign, and window vinyl. (amended)
8 FLAGSTAFF ROAD, READING, RG2 6AX
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1779
Proposed Two Storey Side Extension & Single Storey Rear Extension
66 MAYFAIR, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4RD
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1780
Intensification of existing 4 bedroom HMO (Class C4) to 6-bedroom HMO and associated single-storey side extension, part single- part two-storey rear extension and internal alterations
32 ST PETERS ROAD, READING, RG6 1PA
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1781
T1 - SYCAMORE TO BE CROWN REDUCED BACK TO OLD POINTS (1.5M). T2 - HAZEL TO BE CROWN REDUCED BY 2M.
41 LUSCOMBE CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5LG
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1783
Raising the floors and roof height to an existing two-storey part of the existing house, including extension to the roof, raising and extending the existing associated rear balcony, removal of rear external stairs, 2 new rooflights and 9 additional solar panel without complying with condition 2 (materials) and condition 3 (approved plans) of planning permission PL/25/0340 (amended).
KALEWA, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1786
Demolition of existing workshop and new build proposed garage
4 VICTORIA ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5AE
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1789
Fell 5 trees
44 NEW ROAD, READING, RG1 5JD
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1790
Erection of a single-storey outbuilding in rear garden
78 Basingstoke Road, Reading, , RG2 0EL
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1791
Conversion of the Former RNIB building (Walford Hall) for use as a Children's Nursery and associated external alterations, landscaping and highway works.
WALFORD HALL, CAREY STREET, READING, RG1 7JS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1792
Extension to existing rear dormer to facilitate additional habitable accommodation.
78 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0EL
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1793
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
78 Basingstoke Road, Reading, ,RG2 0EL
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1794
The development of 6 Electric Vehicle charging vehicle bays and associated works
Village Hotel Reading, Richfield Avenue, Reading RG18BD
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1795
Discharge of conditions 3 (Landscaping), 6 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) and 7 (External Materials) of planning permission PL/22/0258, as allowed on appeal (Ref: APP/E0345/W/23/3315618) on 02/04/2024.
220, Elgar Road South, Reading, RG2 0BW
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1796
Single storey side extension
3 NELSON ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5AT
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1797
Two-storey upward extension to provide 12 flats (2 x 3-bed, 4 x 2-bed, 6 x 1-bed), cycle and refuse storage, and associated works
Eaton Court, 104-112 Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7FU
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decision MadePL/25/1798
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 3.0m 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.
56 QUEENS ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DL
Received 15 Dec 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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