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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 dates29,590Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,562 approved or refused records
2,523Refused applications
19,039 approved · 2,523 refused · 2,341 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Under ConsultationPL/26/0667
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Construction Method Statement and site plan) of application PL/24/1659
Land at Atterbury Gardens, Rear of 23-25 Richmond Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7PR
Received 19 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0666
Erection of 2no. single-storey one-bedroom dwellings
70 WHITLEY STREET, READING, RG2 0EQ
Received 19 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0668
Remediation of existing carpark and the replacement of the car parking surfacing (permeable to porous surfacing), and installation of fencing and gates
River Academy School, 7 Richfield Avenue, RG1 8EQ
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0669
Single Storey Rear Extension
143 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NJ
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0670
Rear extension measuring 6.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 2.85m 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.
190 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, READING, RG2 7PU
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0672
Change of use of building from Class E (office) to Class F1(a) (a state funded school for learning and non-residential institutions for the provision of education). Prior Notification under Class T, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
59 GLOUCESTER ROAD, READING, RG30 2TH
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0673
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL24/0324 to change the agreed cladding.
24 PRIEST HILL, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7RZ
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0674
Use as a 2-bed detached single storey C3 dwelling (amended)
77C SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5AT
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0675
Installation of replacement signs to include 1x new pictorial panel and 2x amenity boards to existing post, 1x fascia sign, 1x door plaque, 1x welcome sign and 2x double sided post mounted corex signs
THE WATER TOWER PH, 160 PARK LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 4DU
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0676
Single storey side extension to existing front porch
183 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING, RG30 3AX
Received 20 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0679
The erection of ancillary outbuilding to accommodate additional nursery spaces
Land to rear of 88 Knights Way, Reading, RG4 8LJ
Received 21 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0680
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Landscaping Plan) of application PL/12/1465
SONA GARDENS, NORCOT ROAD, TILEHURST, READING
Received 21 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0681
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/24/0599 to increase the height of the two sets of bifold doors on the rear elevation from 2.1m to 2.4m.
18 THE HORSE CLOSE, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8TT
Received 21 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0682
New Homes sign located in the parking area behind a knee rail fence on Rose Kiln Lane
Site to the East of Reading Link Retail Park, Rose Kiln Lane , Reading , RG2 0SN
Received 21 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0683
Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of new single storey rear extension. External alterations including replacement of all existing windows with double glazed units to match existing, and relocation of front door (amended).
43 COLLEGE ROAD, READING, RG6 1QE
Received 22 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0684
Installation of ventilated stud walls to basement perimeter walls, replacement basement windows and structural strengthening of the ground floor (amended description)
86, London Street, Reading, RG1 4SJ
Received 22 May 2026 - ClosedPL/26/0685
The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) – Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus, 1 x 9m light wooden pole at the above location.
10, Hawthorne Road, Reading, RG4 6LY10, Hawthorne Road,, READING, RG4 6LY
Received 22 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0686
Prune T1 - Douglas Fir
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ENGLISH MARTYRS, LIEBENROOD ROAD, READING, RG30 2EB
Received 22 May 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0687
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4, 5, 6 and 7 of application PL/22/1623
59, London Street, Reading RG1 4PS
Received 22 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0688
Removal of cherry tree in rear of garden by boundary wall between 76 and 78 Hamilton road.
76 HAMILTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5RD
Received 25 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0690
Proposed work to numerous trees
FOUR CORNERS, UPPER WARREN AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EB
Received 25 May 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0691
Proposed conversion of garage to domestic use
7 PENROATH AVENUE, READING, RG30 2ED
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0693
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 20 (Land Contamination Validation Report) of application PL/22/1324
99-113 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0694
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) of planning permission PL/25/0758, as granted on 24/04/2026
Leighton Park School , Shinfield Road, Reading, RG2 7DE
Received 26 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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