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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 dates29,285Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,315 approved or refused records
2,457Refused applications
18,858 approved · 2,457 refused · 2,293 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/0416
Listed Building Consent for proposed public realm and highway improvements to Acacia Road and its junction with Redlands Road, to include the partial demolition of one section of existing wall to enable wider access to MERL, the reconfiguration of parking areas, enhancement of pedestrian routes and associated landscaping.
Acacia Road, Reading
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0417
Application for externally illuminated fascia, projecting sign and awning.
2-3 BUTTER MARKET, READING, RG1 2DP
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0418
Single storey rear extension
57 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, READING, RG2 7BD
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0419
Proposed conversion of sun room to domestic use
45 AMERSHAM ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5BP
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0422
Single storey rear extension
42 FULMEAD ROAD, READING, RG30 1JX
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0423
Demolition of entrance canopy and construction of single storey entrance porch, single garage conversion to habitable room, existing flat roofed front dormer converted to pitched roof, two new roof windows to forwards facing roof slope, new sliding glazed doors at rear of house.
22 ST PETERS AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DD
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0424
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 10 of application PL/22/1405
FORMER CENTRAL SWIMMING POOL SITE, BATTLE STREET, READING
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0425
The proposed works comprise the repair of existing timber window frames and the replacement of defective sash elements to three windows within a Grade II listed building.
FLAT 4, 70 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0426
Use of land for dayroom and 2no. mobile homes
20 SEND ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0427
Reduce Bay Tree at end of garden on Morgan Road by 25%
43 KENDRICK ROAD, READING, RG1 5DU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0428
Extension of 1.8 metre high fence to enclose an area of residential garden (retrospective)
20 MALLORY AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6QN
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0429
Fell 1 Eucalyptus tree
43 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0430
Loft conversion including hip-to-gable roof extension, localised raising of part of the roof, and associated alterations.
7 SURLEY ROW, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8ND
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0431
Proposed first-floor rear extension, new front porch, and rear dormer, with minor alterations to fenestration, and the construction of a swimming pool and changing room in the rear garden
SUMMERFIELD, RIVER ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EH
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0432
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (Refuse and Recycling Details), 7 (Noise Management Plan), 14 (Sustainability Assessment), and 15 (Report to show compliance with Condition 14(2) of application PL/25/1260
12-14, Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6DE
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0434
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 of application PL/25/0525
86, London Street, Reading, RG1 4SJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0435
Single storey side extension
271 NORCOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6AF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - ClosedPL/26/0437
Ground floor utility wall modification and a first-floor side extension incorporating two skylights.
14 DARELL ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7AY
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0438
Proposed 4m x 4m single-storey orangery at the rear following demolition of an existing conservatory.
3 LANCASTER CLOSE, READING, RG1 5HB
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0440
Replacement windows and door.
30 AUBURN COURT, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7AJ
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0441
Non-material amendments to permission PL/22/1936 (granted on 05/12/2023 for demolition of existing buildings and erection of one industrial building) to alter the wording of conditions 2 (approved plans), 7 (outside storage), 13 (parking) and 14 (vehicle access) to alter the vehicular access point, reconfigure the on-site parking layout, omit one door and relocate one door on the east elevation, window changes and provision of a roof level access ladder on the north elevation and associated works (amended description).
BENNET COURT, BENNET ROAD, READING
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0444
Erection of ancillary outbuilding and other minor associated works.
3 - 5, Craven Road, Reading, RG1 5LE
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0443
Proposed use of a car servicing centre and bodyshop, vehicle delivery hub, and ancillary car showroom (amended)
1, Reading International Business Park, Land to the South of A33 Relief Road, Reading, RG2 6AA
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0445
Application for Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) to Planning Permission PL/25/1572 to incorporate Juliet balconies at ground floor, replace existing full height windows at ground floor and replace the revolving front entrance door with double door.
Beta Building, 121 , Kings Road, Reading , RG1 3ES
Received 1 Apr 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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