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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury
Received 25 Feb 2026John Lewis Arrowhead Road Theale Reading RG7 4AH
Received 25 Feb 202691 Benham Park Marsh Benham Newbury RG20 8LX
Received 26 Feb 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 25 Feb 2026Whickens Barn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AJ
Received 24 Feb 2026The Surgery High Street Compton Newbury RG20 6NJ
Received 26 Feb 2026The Old Farmhouse Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HE
Received 25 Feb 2026Land Adj To Football Pitch Faraday Road Newbury
Received 26 Feb 202635 Caunter Road Speen Newbury RG14 1QZ
Received 26 Feb 2026Tall Trees Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6UT
Received 27 Feb 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 26 Feb 2026Bowling Green Farmhouse Trenthams Close Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EZ
Received 27 Feb 202610 Lamden Way Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3LZ
Received 18 Feb 2026Land Rear Of The Hollies Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading West Berkshire RG7 3BH
Received 27 Feb 2026Land Opposite Nightingale Farm Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury
Received 26 Feb 2026Saxon House Stables Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8QH
Received 27 Feb 2026Land Opposite Nightingale Farm Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury
Received 26 Feb 2026141 Meadow Way Theale Reading RG7 5DE
Received 27 Feb 202614 Longleat Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 6YY
Received 27 Feb 202611 Shalbourne Close Hungerford RG17 0QH
Received 27 Feb 2026Street Record 1 Bath Road Hungerford
Received 27 Feb 2026Street Record 2 Bath Road Hungerford
Received 27 Feb 202641 Church Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TR
Received 27 Feb 2026Quackers Day Nursery High Street Chieveley Newbury RG20 8TE
Received 27 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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