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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Berkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Feb 2024 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Cleeve Court Cottage Streatley Reading RG8 9PR
Received 29 Jan 202677 College Piece Mortimer Reading RG7 3XH
Received 2 Feb 20262 Wagtail Way Shaw Newbury RG14 2GF
Received 30 Jan 2026New Farm House Coombe Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RQ
Received 2 Feb 2026Springfield Vale View Drive Beech Hill Reading RG7 2BD
Received 30 Jan 2026Church Of St Denys Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS
Received 2 Feb 2026Froomes Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LS
Received 3 Feb 2026Five Acre Stables Maddle Road Upper Lambourn Hungerford
Received 2 Feb 2026Land South Of Tower Works Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 3 Feb 2026Land South Of Tower Works Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 3 Feb 202663 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AE
Received 5 Feb 2026127 London Road Newbury RG14 2BX
Received 5 Feb 20262 Tealgate Hungerford RG17 0YT
Received 5 Feb 2026The Old House High Street Chieveley Newbury RG20 8UX
Received 5 Feb 2026Oakdene Andover Drove Wash Water Newbury RG20 0LZ
Received 5 Feb 2026Two Acre Dairy Manor Farm Chaddleworth Newbury
Received 6 Feb 2026Frilsham Lime Quarry Frilsham Thatcham RG18 9UY
Received 9 Feb 2026The Bolt Hole Hollybush Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JS
Received 9 Feb 2026The Old Malthouse Stables Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8RG
Received 10 Feb 2026Land Between Beech Garth and Coach House Mews Donnington Park Donnington Newbury
Received 10 Feb 2026Coombesbury Farmhouse Ownham Boxford Newbury RG20 8DE
Received 10 Feb 2026241 Overdown Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6NX
Received 10 Feb 2026New Houses Snelsmore Common Newbury RG14 3BN
Received 11 Feb 2026286 Benham Hill Thatcham RG18 3AJ
Received 10 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Berkshire 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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