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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 dates30,126Searchable applications
443Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 22,026 approved or refused records
2,639Refused applications
19,387 approved · 2,639 refused · 2,414 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- ValidPL/26/1277
Various works
KENDRICK GIRLS SCHOOL, 41-43 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BN
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1278
PROPOSAL TO EXTEND EXISTING REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO TWO STOREYS WITH A FLAT ROOF
20 Church End Lane, Reading , Tilehurst RG30 4UT
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1279
Rear extension measuring 8m in depth, with a maximum height of 3m, and 3m 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.
20 CHURCH END LANE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4UT
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1281
DISCHARGE OF CONDITIONS APPLICATION FOR APPLICATION REF: PL/25/1324 IN RELATION TO CONDITIONS 5 (TREES), 6 (HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING SCHEME), 7 (CEMP) AND 9 (BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENTS)
SPRINGWOOD, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1282
Minor amendment to of planning permission PL/26/0497for a elevated extension partly stepped back to create a larger balcony.
18 HEMDEAN RISE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SA
Received 24 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1284
Erection of Proposed Garden Room
77 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PS
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1288
Change of use of dwelling to a House in Multiple Occupation for 5 persons
52 LAUD CLOSE, READING, RG1 6RD
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1289
Change of use of land from mixed use as a commercial boarding kennels and tied dwelling, to C3 residential use, including demolition of existing tied bungalow and, erection of replacement dwelling. Erection of new entrance gates and walls. Installation of package sewage treatment plant.
River View, Scours Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6AX
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1290
Removal/Variation of Conditions on Planning Application PL/24/0420 and associated Removal/Variation of Condition 2 - Single storey rear extension with flat roof and feature flat glazing lights. Conversion of an existing external side store. High level glazing reconfiguration to a rear facing gable. New flat roof dormer. High level feature roof glazing.
29 ST ANNES ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7PA
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1291
Conversion of roof space to habitable use to include a rear dormer and 2 front roof lights with a obscure glazed side window (Application for a Certificate of Lawful Development for a Proposed Development )
232 TILEHURST ROAD, READING, RG30 2NE
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1292
Application for approval of details pursuant to Condition 5 of planning permission 221566 at 174 Upper Woodcote Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7JU.
174 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JU
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1293
Erection of a wheelie bin store and a matching bike shed in the front garden.
54 BUXTON AVENUE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7BU
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1294
PROPOSED 1.5 STOREY REAR EXTENSION & THE REINSTATEMENT OF AN INTERNAL WALL
3 GRAVEL HILL COTTAGES, BLAGRAVE LANE, READING, RG4 7DY
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1295
PROPOSED 1.5 STOREY REAR EXTENSION & THE REINSTATEMENT OF AN INTERNAL WALL
3 GRAVEL HILL COTTAGES, BLAGRAVE LANE, READING, RG4 7DY
Received 29 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1296
Installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the existing flat roof of the three-storey rear extension at 25 Erleigh Road, together with associated permanent roof edge protection railings to facilitate safe inspection and maintenance access.
25 ERLEIGH ROAD, READING, RG1 5LR
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1297
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath adjacent to 579 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0SJ
Received 30 Sept 2026 - ValidPL/26/1299
Proposed: fell 3 Ash trees in front garden (1 dead)
Crescent Court, 113 Crescent Road, RG1
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1300
Discharge of condition(s) 4 (hard and soft landscaping); 5 (Arboricultural method statement and Tree protection plan); 6 (Construction Method Statement); 8 (Construction Environmental Management plan); 10 (Habitat enhancement scheme) of planning permission 25/0616.
SOVEREIGN HOUSE, 57-59 VASTERN ROAD, READING
Received 30 Sept 2026 - ClosedPL/26/1302
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath adjacent to 579 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0SJ
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1304
Installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Footpath adjacent to 579 Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 0SJ
Received 30 Sept 2026 - ValidPL/26/1305
Application for Tree works on trees subject to TPO's
THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY, KINGS ROAD, READING, RG1 4HJ
Received 1 Oct 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1306
Single storey rear extension
19 SHEPHERDS LANE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JJ
Received 1 Oct 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1307
Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and front porch
17 COLEY AVENUE, READING, RG1 6LJ
Received 1 Oct 2026 - Under ConsultationPL/26/1308
Remedial works to the front elevation following the issue of Listed Building Enforcement Notice PE/24/0060, comprising the removal of five uPVC windows and their replacement with timber windows; refurbishment and reinstatement of the two first-floor timber sliding-sash windows; replacement of the basement entrance door with a black-painted timber door; removal of the entrance canopy; replacement of the existing white boiler flue and terminal with a black-finished version using the existing wall penetration; and associated repairs and making good.
12 RUSSELL STREET, READING
Received 1 Oct 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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