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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Farmhouse Westrop Farm The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham Newbury RG18 9JA
Received 18 Feb 2026Cherry Hinton Newbury Hill Hampstead Norreys Thatcham RG18 0TR
Received 17 Feb 2026Church Farm Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9NH
Received 17 Feb 2026Nightingales Mill Lane Tidmarsh Reading RG8 8EB
Received 17 Feb 2026Wood House Snelsmore Newbury RG14 3BX
Received 17 Feb 20262 Coopers Crescent Thatcham RG18 3GA
Received 17 Feb 2026Ridgeway House The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HZ
Received 18 Feb 2026Watermill Theatre Bagnor Newbury RG20 8AE
Received 18 Feb 2026Whickens Barn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AJ
Received 18 Feb 2026Land at Garter House 12 Market Street Newbury RG14 5ER
Received 18 Feb 2026Harrow Inn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AR
Received 18 Feb 2026The Old Forge Eastbury Hungerford
Received 18 Feb 20261 Briants Piece Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9SX
Received 18 Feb 2026Rocking Horse Nursery Racecourse Road Newbury RG14 7NY
Received 19 Feb 2026The Stores Great Hidden Farm Eddington Hungerford
Received 18 Feb 202610 Tenaplas Drive Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8SS
Received 19 Feb 20264 Cranmer Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 6FL
Received 19 Feb 2026Out Of District Planning Consultation Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Chapel Of The Countess Of Huntingdons Chapel Lane Aldermaston Reading RG7 4QE
Received 19 Feb 2026Out Of District Planning Consultation Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Chapel Of The Countess Of Huntingdons Chapel Lane Aldermaston RG7 4QE
Received 19 Feb 202640 Wintringham Way Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8BG
Received 20 Feb 2026Riverside Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7EU
Received 19 Feb 20261 The Mews Lipscombe Close Newbury RG14 5XY
Received 19 Feb 202637 - 39 King Street Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RS
Received 19 Feb 20261 - 2 Catmore Road West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AT
Received 19 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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