Understanding planning · 13 min read
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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coppinger Riverview Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AU
Received 19 Feb 2026Sulhamstead Cricket Club Bath Road Sulhamstead Reading
Received 20 Feb 202627 Shooters Hill Pangbourne Reading RG8 7DZ
Received 20 Feb 202612 First Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TB
Received 19 Feb 2026Lyra Stables Wasing Road Brimpton Reading RG7 4TG
Received 23 Feb 2026Elcot Park Hotel Elcot Newbury RG20 8NJ
Received 23 Feb 202647 Normoor Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3QQ
Received 20 Feb 2026Flat 8 Bowling Green Farmhouse Trenthams Close Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EZ
Received 23 Feb 2026Flat 8 Bowling Green Farmhouse Trenthams Close Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EZ
Received 23 Feb 2026Stoneaves Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HQ
Received 20 Feb 202637 Purley Rise Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8AJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Cypress Farm Bucklebury Alley Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9NJ
Received 20 Feb 2026Land East Of Bracadale Maidenhatch Pangbourne Reading
Received 23 Feb 202612 Castle Grove Newbury RG14 1PR
Received 23 Feb 2026Chaddleworth House Tower Hill Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7EB
Received 23 Feb 2026Hope Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP
Received 23 Feb 2026Chaddleworth House Tower Hill Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7EB
Received 23 Feb 2026Horsemoor Green Lane Chieveley Newbury RG20 8XB
Received 23 Feb 2026Hope Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP
Received 23 Feb 2026The Lawns Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP
Received 23 Feb 202614 Oxford Street Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XT
Received 23 Feb 2026Picton Farm The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TL
Received 9 Feb 2026Picton Farm The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TL
Received 9 Feb 2026Zone 3 New Greenham Park Basingstoke Road Greenham Thatcham
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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