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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 dates29,855Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,791 approved or refused records
2,588Refused applications
19,203 approved · 2,588 refused · 2,373 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decision MadePL/26/0939
Rear outbuilding
6 THE GARDENERS, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8EZ
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0941
Proposed first floor extension above existing single storey rear extension. Enlargement of garden building for use incidental to the main house
25 CHRISTCHURCH GARDENS, READING, RG2 7AH
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0942
Single Storey Rear Extension
3, Benyon Court, Reading, RG1 6HR
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0943
Proposed Change of Use of C3 (Dwellinghouses) to C2 (Residential care home)
7 EASTERN AVENUE, READING, RG1 5RU
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0944
Change of use of ground floor from Class D2 (Assembly & Leisure) to D1 (nursery). Prior Notification under Class T, Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015. Variation of Conditions 5 and 7 of application PL/15/1497 to allow an increase in the maximum number of children attending the nursery from 30 to 60 and an increase in the maximum number of children permitted to use the external play area at any one time from 10 to 25.
371 GOSBROOK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0945
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/26/0365 - Relocating no. 1 loading bay/ goods door on the west elevation, installing an additional staff pedestrian access door on the north elevation and converting the approved double entrance door to a double-glazed window on the west elevation. (Amended)
UNIT 6, WORTON DRIVE, READING, RG2 0TG
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0947
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 19 (verification report) of application PL/23/0613
Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0949
Discharge of condition 23b (archaeological site investigation and post investigation assessment) of permission PL/24/0422, as granted on 25/07/2024.
1-15 Queen Victoria Street and 145-148 Friar Street, Reading RG1 1SY
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0950
Proposed change of use of store building to class E use
FLAT, 234A SHINFIELD ROAD, READING, RG2 8EX
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0951
single storey side infill extension less than half of the width of the house
65 CUMBERLAND ROAD, READING, RG1 3JT
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0952
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (scheme to mitigate flood risk impact), 11 (demolition and construction method statement), 17 (hard and soft landscaping), 18 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan), 19 (construction environmental management plan), 20 (external lighting scheme) and 22 (privacy measures) of planning permission PL/24/1614, as granted on 12/11/2025.
WARREN CREEK, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0953
Demolition of existing stable and garage block. Erection of a new self-build dwelling
2 ROSEHILL FARM COTTAGES, PEPPARD ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8XA
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0955
Two Scots Pines to rear garden: 1 is dead and 1 is diseased. Both to be removed.
158 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SU
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0956
Erection of front dormer and replacement rear dormer roof extensions, replacement of windows on front and rear elevations and associated works
97 ADDINGTON ROAD, READING, RG1 5PZ
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0957
First floor front extension over garage rebuilt as a lounge . Single storey rear/side extension and attached garage at side.
27 ELSLEY ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 6RP
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Recommendation MadePL/26/0958
Extension of the temporary planning permission, as approved under PL/21/1010, for the now constructed and fully operational 40 no. sleeping units and 3 no. support units for rough sleepers until 31st March 2028. (amended)
ABATTOIRS ROAD, READING
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0959
Discharge of condition 15 (Refuse Management Plan) of planning permission PL/23/1673, as granted on 27/03/2024.
55 VASTERN ROAD, READING
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0960
re-pollard one Hornbeam
94 BULMERSHE ROAD, READING, RG1 5RL
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0963
Retrospective Application for various internal works to Listed Building
14 THE MOUNT, READING, RG1 5HL
Received 20 Jul 2026 - ValidPL/26/0965
T1 (ash): Fell Ash tree at 26 Eldon Road
26 ELDON ROAD, READING, RG1 4DL
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/0961
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (Delivery and Servicing Plan), 4 (BREEAM), 5 (Class E (d) Noise Assessment), 6 (Mechanical Plant Noise Assessment) of application PL/25/0722
43A CHURCH STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8BA
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0962
Demolition of existing disused salvage yard and construction of a replacement building to provide 4no. 1 bedroom units and 1 no. 2 bedroom house together with associated landscaping, cycle and bin stores. [Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of application PL/20/1757 to include 2 rear dormer windows]
85 PELL STREET, READING, RG1 2NP
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0964
Cherry (Prunus sp.) - Tree T11, TPO 8/21 (Cintra Close). Crown lifting and reduction of the lower lateral branches on the side overhanging the car parking bays
Communal residential car park off Cintra Close, adjacent to 9 Cintra Close, Katesgrove, Reading, RG2 7AL
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/0966
Part demolition and construction of new single-storey front and side extension. (amended)
127 FOXHAYS ROAD, READING, RG2 8NN
Received 20 Jul 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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