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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 dates29,940Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,870 approved or refused records
2,600Refused applications
19,270 approved · 2,600 refused · 2,381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Oct 2007 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/1054
Replacement of existing shopfront signage with new internally illuminated fascia and projecting signs, relocation of the entrance doors by swapping the existing door with the existing glazing, installation of new window vinyls, and associated external alterations.
4-5 ST MARYS BUTTS, READING, RG1 2LN
Received 5 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1055
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission ref. PL/25/0052
Great Brighams Mead, Vastern road, Reading, RG1 8DJ
Received 5 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1056
Remove foliage from trunk from the ground to the bottom of the crown, approx 2 m.
4 DERBY VILLAS, DERBY ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5DP
Received 5 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1057
Single storey rear extension to existing bedroom
38 ORCHARD GROVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 6NF
Received 5 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1059
Alterations to form disabled compliant WC, level access porch and associated ramp. Including conversion of garage to store with new door.
5 WELLAND CLOSE, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5NP
Received 5 Aug 2026 - ClosedPL/26/1060
Creation of a new vehicular access and installation of a dropped kerb to the front of the property. Conversion of the existing front lawn area into a dedicated off-street parking driveway.
1 ST AGNES MEWS, READING, RG2 7PH
Received 5 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1061
Erection of a part one, part two-storey rear extension, hip to gable roof extension, standalone cycle and refuse store, altered front and side boundary treatments and related works, all associated with the existing two self-contained flats (Class C3).
22 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HA
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1062
Proposed loft conversion
20 CHURCH END LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UT
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1065
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/25/0800 to comprise minor revisions to the approved scheme
122 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SP
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1067
T1 Monterey cypress - Remove all deadwood and snapped or failed branches throughout the crown. Reduce the remaining crown by 2 metres in height and radial spread
145 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7LB
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1066
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) to confirm that condition 6 of planning permission for ‘Change of use to day nursery with ancillary residential accommodation’ (PL/14/1836) has been breached for more than ten years.
8 COLLEGE ROAD, READING, RG6 1QB
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1068
T1 - Beech - Crown reduction by approximately 1.5 metres in both height and lateral spread
1 QUEENSBOROUGH DRIVE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JA
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1069
Proposed single-storey side extension
24 BADGERS RISE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7QA
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1070
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 1 (Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment) of application PL/24/0022
2 BRIDGE STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AA
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1071
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/26/0041 to reinstate two high-level, ground floor openable windows to the approved single storey rear extension: one to the side elevation, facing the boundary with No. 33, and one to the rear elevation.
35 TALFOURD AVENUE, READING, RG6 7BP
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1072
Replacement of Two First-Floor Windows
ST AGNES, GROVE HILL, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8PN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1073
Single storey rear extension with raised decking
328 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7NG
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1074
Erection of 2 bedroom bungalow and associated external works including the provision of car parking, landscaping and widening of the access road
8 WATER ROAD, READING, RG30 2NN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1075
Proposed pruning to several oak trees
SHERFIELD HALL, SHERFIELD DRIVE, READING
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1076
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J
SELECT CAR LEASING STADIUM, SHOOTERS WAY, READING, RG2 0FL
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1077
T4 - Plum - Reduce canopy by up to 1 metre to maintain size and clearance from adjacent signs. T5 - Lime - Crown raise to 5 metres from ground level. Reduce lateral branches growing towards dwellings by up to 1.5 metres to provide 2 metre clearance. T8 - Silver Birch - reduce by up to 1 metre, back to suitable growth points to maintain shape. T11 - Sycamore - prune lateral branches growing towards Indian bean tree by up to 2 metres back to suitable Growth points to provide some separation between canopies.
PRIORY POINT, 36 SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1078
Erection of a lower ground floor extension to the eastern elevation of the central block, associated with the existing office use (Class E).
ABBEY GARDENS, 4-6 ABBEY STREET, READING, RG1 3BA
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1080
Raise crowns on 6 trees
57-59 BATH ROAD, READING, RG30 2BA
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1081
T1 & T2 (Hornbeams): Cut overhanging hornbeams back to the boundary to remove overhang
2 BROWNLOW ROAD, READING, RG1 6NP
Received 12 Aug 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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