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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 dates29,515Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,498 approved or refused records
2,509Refused applications
18,989 approved · 2,509 refused · 2,333 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision MadePL/26/0609
Change of use of property from C4 use class (6 bedroom HMO) to Sui generis use class for seven bedroom HMO
24 BAKER STREET, READING, RG1 7XX
Received 7 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0610
4 No. Illuminated external wall mounted signs, 1 no wayfinding sign
1, Reading International Business Park, Land to the South of A33 Relief Road, Reading, RG2 6AA
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0611
Prune one Cherry
43 UPPER REDLANDS ROAD, READING, RG1 5JE
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0612
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 4.0m, 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.
22 THE HORSE CLOSE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8TT
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0613
Rear extension measuring 8.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 4.0m, and 2.35m 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.
22 CHAZEY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7DS
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0614
Repair and conservation work to the Gazebo, Causeway, Stable Block boundary wall and gate piers, East (screen) wall gates and gates opening and buttress to the adjacent garden wall.
CAVERSHAM COURT, CHURCH ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0615
T2. Oak - Prune T3. Oak - Prune
HARE WARREN COURT, MARSHLAND SQUARE, EMMER GREEN, READING
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0617
Repair and conservation work to the Gazebo, Causeway, Stable Block boundary wall and gate piers, East (screen) wall gates and gates opening and buttress to the adjacent garden wall.
CAVERSHAM COURT, CHURCH ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 8 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0618
Fell one conifer and one Rowan.
ORANA, ROUTH LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4JY
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0619
Replacement front door
1 THE BROOKMILL, READING, RG1 6DD
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0620
The erection of a dwelling with new vehicle access, parking, cycle and bin store with associated hard and soft landscaping.
1A, New Road, Reading, RG1 5JD
Received 11 May 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0621
Rear ground floor wrap around extension and Garage conversion
38 WORCESTER CLOSE, READING, RG30 3BN
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0624
Erection of a single-storey outbuilding with flat roof and rooflights, finished in materials to match the existing dwelling, to be used as ancillary residential accommodation.
63A HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RA
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0625
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing use as Ground floor self contained apartment and first floor self contained apartment
71 NORFOLK ROAD, READING
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0626
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (tree survey/tree protection plan) of application PL/25/1571
21 LOWFIELD ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NL
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0627
Application for variation of Condition 3 (noise emissions) attached to planning permission reference: PL/26/0284 for Change of use at ground floor from a former bank (Class E(c)(i)) to an educational use (private tuition centre) (Class F1).
100 SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5AU
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0628
T1 and T2 Oak - Reduce height by up to 3m , reduce side branches up to 4m, light reshaping 1-2m reductions, Crown lifting both trees to 5.5m
23 MANDEVILLE CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4JT
Received 11 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0629
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION
89 GOSBROOK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8BU
Received 12 May 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0630
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 33 (Sap Calculations) of application PL/22/1324
99-113 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING
Received 12 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0631
Proposed loft conversion
28 BLENHEIM ROAD, READING, RG1 5NQ
Received 12 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0632
Change of use of the existing property from Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Class C2 (Residential Children’s Care Home) for up to two children.
120 KENDRICK ROAD, READING, RG1 5DP
Received 12 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0633
Extension to existing ancillary domestic garage.
4 DOWNSHIRE SQUARE, READING, RG1 6NJ
Received 12 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0636
Loft conversion featuring the installation of two roof windows into the pitched roof of the front elevation, a third at the rear and the addition of a dormer at the rear
8 MELROSE AVENUE, READING, RG6 7BN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0637
Fell one Oak tree
17B PARKSIDE ROAD, READING, RG30 2BT
Received 13 May 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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