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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 dates29,040Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,108 approved or refused records
2,409Refused applications
18,699 approved · 2,409 refused · 2,264 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 May 2008 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decision MadePL/26/0152
Internal alterations and a loft dormer extension
65A BEDFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7EX
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0153
Single storey rear extension, first floor rear extension and replacement roof to create habitable accommodation
89 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PY
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0154
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (AMS) of planning application PL/25/1412
73 WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EY
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0155
Enlargement of the existing single storey side and rear extension; erection of a front porch; and installation of two rooflights and one front window. External insulation to the front and rear dormer walls and roof. (amended)
42 SILVERTHORNE DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NS
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0156
Removal of 21 No. external condensers and their replacement with 6 No. external plant units, vehicle protection barrier and associated works (retrospective consent); and the installation of 4 No. additional vehicle protection barriers.
452 BASINGSTOKE ROAD, READING, RG2 0QE
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0157
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 11 (Construction Method Statement) and 12 (HMO Management Statement) of application PL/25/0501
62 PROSPECT STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8JN
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0158
Full application for the proposed installation of 28 no. streetlights
299 LONGWATER AVENUE, READING, RG2 6AB
Received 5 Feb 2026 - ClosedPL/26/0159
Proposed new shop front
97 KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 3DD
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0160
Garage conversion with roof replacement
10 MARSACK STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5AP
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0161
Rear extension measuring 5.0m 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.
48 ROMSEY ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6UN
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0162
Installation of new lighting columns along with Low Energy LED lighting to existing MUGA (amended description)
RIVER ACADEMY SCHOOL, 7 RICHFIELD AVENUE, READING, RG1 8EQ
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0164
Proposed Single storey rear and side extensions .
35 TREDEGAR ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8PF
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0165
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 5 and 6 of application PL/25/0839
60 BATH ROAD, READING, RG30 2AY
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0167
Loft conversion with flat roof rear dormer and installation of 2no. roof windows in front sloping roof.
8 SOUTH VIEW AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5AD
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0168
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Topsoil Analysis Report) of application PL/22/1110
Units 2 and 6, Reading Retail Park, Reading, RG30 1PR
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0169
Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/24/0581 To raise the rear parapet wall as built.
50 CARDIFF ROAD, READING, RG1 8EP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0170
Removal of 1 False Acacia to the front of property.
22 RIDGE HALL CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0171
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 52 Flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
EATON COURT, 104-112 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG1 7FU
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0172
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Construction Method Statement), 11 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 12 (Noise), 17 (Air Quality) and 18 (SAP) of permission PL/22/07803
640 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1EH
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0173
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Bat/Bird boxes) of application PL/24/0392
30, Worton Drive, Reading, RG2 0TD
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0174
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 07 - (Noise & Dust statement) of application PL/21/1063
ZOAR STRICT BAPTIST CHAPEL, SOUTH STREET, READING
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0175
Repair of fractured beam and ceiling cracking in the Main Church Nave
ST MARYS CHURCH, 14 CASTLE STREET, READING, RG1 7RD
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0177
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (hard and soft landscaping), 6 (boundary treatment), 8 (Construction Method Statement) and 13 (Electric Vehicle Charging) of application PL/25/0425
92, Albert Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7PL
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0179
Change of use of second floor office (Class E) into four residential units (Class C3) with elevation alterations including enlargement of windows and associated bin store at ground floor level.
73, 74 & 74A, Broad Street, Reading, RG1 2AP
Received 9 Feb 2026
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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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