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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 dates29,227Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,266 approved or refused records
2,444Refused applications
18,822 approved · 2,444 refused · 2,285 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/0327
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 11 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of application PL/24/0852
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0328
Construction of a porch.
242A Gainsborough Road, Reading, RG30 3BP
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0329
Two-storey side extension, part two-storey part single-storey rear extensions and associated internal alterations.
70 BRUNEL ROAD, READING, RG30 3JL
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0330
2 x semi-detached 3-bed dwellings and associated parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, and associated works.
90 STONE STREET, READING, RG30 1HU
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0331
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Schedule of Works) of PL/25/1630
UNIVERSITY OF READING, LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5AQ
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0332
Display of 4 no. illuminated fascia signs, 1 no. illuminated pylon sign
236 PEPPARD ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8UA
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0333
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 2 new dwellings. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
THE GRANARY, 1A PATRICK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DD
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0334
Install electric vehicle 7kW charging point.
20 CHURCH ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7AD
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0335
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 layout, hard and soft landscaping and elevational details and include EV Charging units)”.
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0339
New shopfront, replacement of doors and windows on the front and rear elevations, and new fence in rear yard
10 CROSS STREET, READING, RG1 1SN
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0340
Proposed single storey side extension. Proposed outbuilding.
66 SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 7DA
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0341
Application for discharge of condition 4 (Alterations and repairs to the Fernery attached to the rear of the Acacias.) of Planning permission PL/25/1067
UNIVERSITY OF READING, LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5AQ
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0343
Discharge of conditions 6 (cycle parking), 8 (postal addresses) and 17 (boundary treatments) of planning permission PL/18/1117, as granted on 12/08/2019.
34-38 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, READING
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0344
External alterations to Richards Hall, including over cladding, new windows, drainage, paving, new ramp, and replacement balustrades.
THE ABBEY SCHOOL, 17 KENDRICK ROAD, READING, RG1 5DZ
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0345
Loft conversion to include a rear dormer and dormer over the outrigger and front rooflights
98 ST GEORGES ROAD, READING, RG30 2RH
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0346
Erection of rear extension and new pitched roof to existing extension.
14 MATLOCK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7BS
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0347
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as C4 HMO
40 ANSTEY ROAD, READING, RG1 7JR
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0348
Application for the discharge of condition 5 (Construction method statement) of Planning Application PL/24/1244.
37 CHAPEL HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5BT
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0349
3 storey, 2-bed dwelling house (self-build) including formation of an access to Oxford Road (A329), driveway, landscaping, and associated works
Land adjacent Tilehurst Railway Station, Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6TH
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0350
New shopfront to enable sub-division of ground floor
3-5 DUKE STREET, READING, RG1 4SA
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0351
Display of externally illuminated hand painted murals on the north (Garrard Street) elevation at first to fourth floor level.
29-35 Station Road, Reading, RG1 1LG
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0352
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (scheme to mitigate flood risk impact), 6 (schedule for removal of existing structures), 7 (maintenance of the flood voids), 9 (sustainable drainage strategy), 11 (demolition and construction method statement), 16 (programme of archaeological work), 17 (hard and soft landscaping), 18 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan), 19 (construction environmental management plan), 20 (external lighting scheme), 21 (noise assessment of the proposed mechanical plant) and 22 (privacy measures) of planning permission PL/24/1614, as granted on 12/11/2025.
WARREN CREEK, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0353
Enlargement of existing external terrace and formation of new bin store behind.
18 RICHFIELD AVENUE, READING
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0354
1 Facia sign and 1 projecting sign
10 CROSS STREET, READING, RG1 1SN
Received 13 Mar 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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