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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 dates29,983Searchable applications
436Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 21,910 approved or refused records
2,611Refused applications
19,299 approved · 2,611 refused · 2,389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Under ConsultationPL/26/1082
The erection of a single-storey outbuilding (Retrospective).
5 WESTCOTE ROAD, READING
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1083
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 4 (Materials), 5 (Brick/Roof/Windows/Doors/Railings/Privacy Screens), 6 (Render), 7 (Window Scheme), 8 (CMS), 9 (Cycle Parking Spaces), 10 (Refuse/Recycling), 14 (Biodiversity Enhancement Scheme), 15 (Hard and Soft Landscaping), 17 (SAP Design Stage) and 20 (WSI) of application PL/19/1530
2-4 CHURCH STREET, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 8AT
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1085
Single storey rear extension with feature lantern over
68 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SE
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1086
Discharge of conditions 4, 5 & 7 of planning permission reference PL/26/0099. (amended)
41A WHITE HOUSE, 41 EASTERN AVENUE, READING, RG1 5RX
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1087
T19 - Ash - Fell to ground level
THE PALMER, CARMELITE DRIVE, READING
Received 12 Aug 2026 - ClosedPL/26/1088
T9 - Lime - Fell due to basal decay (Kretzschmaria deusta).
THE HUNTLEY, CARMELITE DRIVE, READING
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1089
Single storey side return extension
89 KENSINGTON ROAD, READING, RG30 2SZ
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1090
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission PL/25/1680 - Reduce the side extension to be in line with the front of the main house
79 WOODCOTE WAY, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7HL
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1091
Ground Floor rear extension
8 UPAVON DRIVE, READING, RG1 6LP
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1093
Discharge of conditions 4 (construction environmental management plan), 6 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan), 8 (land gas remediation scheme) and 18 (construction phase emergency plan), all associated with planning permission PL/26/0373, as granted 19/06/2026.
READING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, ISLAND ROAD, READING, RG2 0RP
Received 14 Aug 2026 - ClosedPL/26/1094
Reg 5 notification to install electronic communications apparatus/development ancillary to radio equipment housing on behalf of Cornerstone.
Palmer Park at Palmer Park Avenue,, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1LF, RG6 1LF
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1095
Single storey side extension
324 TILEHURST ROAD, READING, RG30 2NG
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1098
Demolition of existing garage and workshop. Erection of two storey side extension, single storey side extension, first floor side extension, single storey rear extension, and single storey front extension
122 KIDMORE END ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8SP
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1097
Replacement of existing rear conservatory with single storey flat roof extension.
46 RECREATION ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UA
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1099
External works to the existing sports pavilion comprising an insulated render system and render finish to the external walls; a new permeable paved terrace with associated landscaping; siting of a replacement storage container on screw pile foundations; and erection of a palisade-fenced goal storage enclosure to the rear.
CLAYFIELD COPSE PAVILION, CAVERSHAM PARK ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1100
Demolition of existing conservatory and Construction of single-storey rear extension. Construction of front porch.
182 KIDMORE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7ND
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1102
Advertisement Consent for new signage
HELENA HOUSE, 1 BROWNLOW ROAD, READING
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1103
Pollard 1 x lime tree. 1m crown reduction for 1 x cherry tree. Removal of dead tree. Reducing one limb of a magnolia tree by 1m.
13 DOWNSHIRE SQUARE, READING, RG1 6NJ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - ValidPL/26/1104
Demolition of existing side shed/ garage wall and construction of a new, single storey wrap around extension to the side and rear. Works to form new patio.
19 KNIGHTS WAY, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RJ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1105
Crown raise tree to 6m.
14 BRAMBLE CRESCENT, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4TX
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1106
Discharge of condition 8 (BREEAM Interim Certificate) of planning permission PL/22/1936, as granted on 05/12/2023.
BENNET COURT, BENNET ROAD, READING
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1107
Discharge of condition 8 (External Lighting) of planning permission PL/25/0758, as granted on 24/04/2026.
GROVE HOUSE, LEIGHTON PARK SCHOOL, SHINFIELD ROAD, READING
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1108
Proposed garage conversion
13 BAKER STREET, READING, RG1 7XT
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decision MadePL/26/1109
Application for Variation of Condition 3 (Approved Plans) following Grant of Planning Permission PL/24/0723 (Proposed single-storey porch extension, and retrospective single-storey side extension, increased roof height of rear extension, and alterations to arrangement of windows and doors in rear and side elevations) to the front porch extension, rooflights and fenestration, and the pillar size of the rear patio roof.
70 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7JS
Received 18 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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