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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 dates29,721Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,675 approved or refused records
2,547Refused applications
19,128 approved · 2,547 refused · 2,356 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Dec 2007 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/26/0820
Demolition of existing rear extension and erection of single storey rear extension with roof terrace above, including glazed balustrades, privacy screening and external spiral staircase access.
30 CHAGFORD ROAD, READING, RG2 8AZ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0823
Cooper Beech - prune by up to 3 meters on side & top. Crown raise by 3.5 meters on side only
43 RICHMOND ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7PR
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0824
Proposed new ground floor side windows and doors and rear windows to rear of existing shop
BLAZES FIREPLACE CENTRE, 346-348 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1AQ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0826
Hip to Gable, plus rear facing dormer. Two Velux windows to front aspect
90 MAYFIELD DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JT
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0827
To apply anti slip coating to the main stone staircase in the Manor House to prevent slip risk.
HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, SURLEY ROW, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8LR
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0830
The roof over the garage an the outbuilding partially collapsed and required to be replaced with a new Roof. Both the garage and attached outbuilding are planned to be refurbished for the intended use by the Applicant as part of the existing dwelling.
2 CONINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 8QP
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0833
New single storey building to form car valet facility.
LANCASTER LAND ROVER, LANCASTER JAGUAR, BENNET ROAD, READING
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0834
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 14 (CCTV) and 23 (External Lighting) of planning permission ref. PL/22/0545
27-32, Market Place, Reading, RG1 2DG
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0835
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/25/1100 - Addition of a rear dormer and second floor single casement windows to the rear elevation; a half hip roof to the single storey west volume instead of a crown roof; an additional ground floor window to the west elevation; rooflights and solar panels on the east and west main roofs, together with solar panels on the flat roof of the detached outbuilding; a solar battery and inverter housing on the east elevation; and relocation of the entrance gates and boundary fence to avoid root protection areas.
MOORINGS, UPPER WARREN AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EJ
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0836
Single storey rear extension with flat roof light and new flat roof over existing rear and new rear extension. Associated internal structural alterations
19 CHAMPION ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8EL
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0837
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) of application PL/24/0852
Unit 1, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0838
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) for up to 3 occupants. No external alterations proposed.
41 PRINCES STREET, READING, RG1 4EG
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0841
Retrospective planning permission for the demolition of an existing single-storey rear/side lean-to extension and the erection of a replacement single-storey rear/side extension
20 KINGS ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8DT
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0843
Proposed single storey side extension to replace an existing timber-framed, covered storage area.
70 MAYFIELD DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5JT
Received 25 Jun 2026 - ClosedPL/26/0844
Reposition existing 1.8m high timber fenceline to create a larger, enclosed, rear and side garden with new low-level shrub planting.
20 THE RIDINGS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8XL
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0845
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 25 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0846
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 5 (Landscaping) of application PL/25/1767
42 BATH ROAD, READING, RG1 6PG
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0847
Installation of one window at first floor level on the east (side) elevation, four rooflights on the east roof slope and one rooflight on the west roof slope, all to facilitate a loft conversion. (amended)
26 CARDIFF ROAD, READING, RG1 8FX
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0848
Construction of a flat roof rear dormer following the demolition of the existing rear dormers.
MIMOSA, PIERCES HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6RD
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0849
Retrospective application for the installation of an ATM (amended).
153 CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING, RG1 8AR
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0850
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 30 (photovoltaics and heat pumps) and 25 (boundary treatment) of application PL/23/0613
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0851
Use as 3 self-contained Class C3 residential units (ground floor flat 1; first floor flat 2; second floor flat 3).
51 ERLEIGH ROAD, READING, RG1 5NB
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0852
Conversion of the existing building to mixed restaurant/takeaway (Sui Generis) use at ground floor and basement with the creation of 4 flats (Use Class C3) across the ground, first, second and third floors with external alterations to the rear elevation.
SWEENEY & TODD, 10 CASTLE STREET, READING, RG1 7RD
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0853
Please see: London Road campus Tree work Requirements June 2026 Proposed works to TPO trees London Road campus June 2026
UNIVERSITY OF READING, LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5AQ
Received 26 Jun 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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