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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 dates29,391Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,398 approved or refused records
2,482Refused applications
18,916 approved · 2,482 refused · 2,313 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/0529
2 no. externally illuminated fascia signs, 1 no. hanging sign
36, Minster Street, Reading, RG1 2JB
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0530
Two storey side extension and first floor rear extension. [Variation of Condition to permitted application PL/25/0864 - Require Condition 2 approved plans to be changed to Drawing no: 0000/200 Revision A – Block and Location Plan, dated Mar 2025. Drawing no: 02 Revision D – Floor Plans as Proposed, dated Jan 2026. Drawing no: 03 Revision A – Section and Elevations, dated Jan 2026.]
7 GURNEY CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LE
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0531
Retrospective application for the removal of chimney stacks
40 HOWARD STREET, READING, RG1 7XS
Received 20 Apr 2026 - ClosedPL/26/0532
Proposed single-storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory
30 KENILWORTH AVENUE, READING, RG30 3DN
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0533
Replacement of existing conservatory with a single‑storey rear extension, enlargement of rear dormer, and installation of two front rooflights
72 WATLINGTON STREET, READING, RG1 4RT
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0534
Two storey side and rear extensions and associated works.
17 BATTLE PLACE, READING, RG30 1AJ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Recommendation MadePL/26/0536
Retrospective Application for Change of Use from Class E to Class C3 (2no. 1-Bed Flats)
74 SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5AW
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0537
Replacement of painted timber framed sash windows, with matching single-glazed painted timber framed sash windows.
7 ALBION TERRACE, READING, RG1 5BG
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0538
Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 2.95m, and 2.95m 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.
86 CURZON STREET, READING, RG30 1DA
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0539
Change of use from Class E (offices) to C3 (dwelling houses) to comprise 29 Flats. Prior Notification under Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
REGENTS GATE, 25-41 CROWN STREET, READING, RG1 2PQ
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0540
6 Common hawthorn Remove Specific Branch/Limb 9 Hornbeam Dismantle to ground level 15 Holm oak Clear vegetation to allow access to basal areas of trees for inspection purposes 18 Common lime Dismantle to ground level
42 BATH ROAD, READING, RG1 6PG
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0541
L-shaped rear dormer extension and two front roof lights. (amended)
14 AMHERST ROAD, READING, RG6 1NU
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0542
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Gas Risk Assessment) of application PL/25/1003
33 BEDFORD ROAD, READING
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0543
Proposed loft extension with rear dormer and 3 front roof lights
23 THIRLMERE AVENUE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6XR
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0544
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.75m, 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.
23 THIRLMERE AVENUE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6XR
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0545
Conversion of existing garage into habitable accommodation, relocation of the principal house entrance, and external alterations including re-cladding of existing dormer and infilling of the recessed porch with brickwork. Replacement of the existing rear French doors and window with bi-fold doors
41A BLANDFORD ROAD, READING, RG2 8RG
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0546
Use within Class E for indoor, sport, recreation and fitness on a 24 hour basis.
BROAD STREET MALL, BROAD STREET, READING
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0547
Construction of a new entrance porch, new automatic entrance doors, to provide level equal access for disabled users; remodelling and recladding of front elevation to the Surgery.
81 CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, READING, RG2 7BD
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0548
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition Condition 25 - Tree Planting Scheme - of application PL/24/1589
THE WILLOWS, 2 HEXHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7UG
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0550
New storage building in school playground.
WILSON PRIMARY SCHOOL, WILSON ROAD, READING, RG30 2RW
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0551
T1 - Sycamore at WREN School - remove one branch overhanging Pendragon Court
THE WREN SCHOOL, 61-63 BATH ROAD, READING, RG30 2BB
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0552
Erection of a single-storey rear extension, first-floor extension, and loft conversion incorporating a rear dormer.
101 BELMONT ROAD, READING, RG30 2UY
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0554
Fell one Cedar and one conifer.
67 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0555
English lime tree T17 of TPO 3/09 - crown lift to crown break
27 RIDGE HALL CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EP
Received 27 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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