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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.
England · Local authority
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
18,563 approved · 2,376 refused · 2,236 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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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.
47 RECREATION ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UB
Received 5 Jan 2026CROWNE PLAZA READING, RICHFIELD AVENUE, READING, RG1 8BD
Received 5 Jan 202661 LAWRENCE ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BH
Received 6 Jan 2026FORBURY RETAIL PARK, KENAVON DRIVE, READING
Received 6 Jan 2026ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA
Received 6 Jan 202611 AUGUST END, READING, RG30 2JP
Received 7 Jan 20265 THE BEECHES, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6RQ
Received 7 Jan 2026JOLLY ANGLERS PH, KENNET SIDE, READING, RG1 3EA
Received 8 Jan 2026Reading International Business Park, Land to the South of A33 Relief Road, Reading, RG2 6AA
Received 8 Jan 202628B WILTON ROAD, READING, RG30 2SS
Received 9 Jan 2026Fobney Water Treatment Works, Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, RG2 0SF
Received 9 Jan 2026KENDRICK GIRLS SCHOOL, 41-43 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BN
Received 9 Jan 2026THE AVENUE SCHOOL, THE AVENUE CENTRE, CONWY CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4BZ
Received 9 Jan 202651 USK ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HR
Received 12 Jan 202651 USK ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4HR
Received 12 Jan 20262 CLENT ROAD, READING, RG2 0ES
Received 12 Jan 20261 FROXFIELD AVENUE, READING, RG1 6LR
Received 12 Jan 2026349 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1AY
Received 12 Jan 202659-61 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING, RG1 2QP
Received 13 Jan 202616 TOFREK TERRACE, READING, RG30 2JS
Received 13 Jan 2026THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY, KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 4HJ
Received 13 Jan 20265 ALFORD CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4TB
Received 13 Jan 2026226 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7ND
Received 14 Jan 2026ROYAL BERKSHIRE ARCHIVES, 9 COLEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6AF
Received 14 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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