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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record Deans Copse Road Theale Reading
Received 5 Mar 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 6 Mar 2026Elton House Weston Newbury RG20 8JG
Received 6 Mar 2026Barn at Fairholme Farm Stanford Dingley Reading
Received 9 Mar 2026Prospect House Prospect Road Hungerford RG17 0JJ
Received 6 Mar 202694 Warborough Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 5LT
Received 25 Feb 2026Land South Of Lower Way Thatcham
Received 6 Mar 2026Marsh Cottage Waldegrave Place Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DS
Received 9 Mar 2026Marsh Cottage Waldegrave Place Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DS
Received 9 Mar 2026Site Of Unit A Youngs Industrial Estate Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PW
Received 9 Mar 2026Veolia Environmental Services Padworth IWMF Padworth Lane Lower Padworth Reading RG7 4JF
Received 6 Mar 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 6 Mar 202618 Wolsingham Way Thatcham RG19 3YW
Received 6 Mar 20262 Coombe Barns Crookham Common Road Crookham Common Thatcham RG19 8BP
Received 9 Mar 2026The Castle at Theale Church Street Theale Reading RG7 5BZ
Received 6 Mar 2026Hungerford Old Peoples Home Chestnut Walk Coldharbour Road Hungerford RG17 0DB
Received 9 Mar 202611 Thames Avenue Pangbourne Reading RG8 7BU
Received 6 Mar 2026Site Of Unit A Youngs Industrial Estate Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PW
Received 6 Mar 2026Sheepdrove Cottage Sheepdrove Lambourn Hungerford RG17 7UR
Received 9 Mar 20263 Tadham Place Thatcham RG19 3LD
Received 9 Mar 20267 Donnington Park Donnington Newbury RG14 2DZ
Received 9 Mar 20265 Bruan Road Newbury RG14 7AU
Received 9 Mar 2026Barn West Of The Old Rectory Lower Green Inkpen
Received 9 Mar 202616 Hussars Drive Thatcham RG19 4PH
Received 9 Mar 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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