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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Donnington Priory Oxford Road Donnington Newbury RG14 2JE
Received 10 Mar 202678 Derwent Road Thatcham RG19 3UR
Received 9 Mar 2026Wood View Baydon Road Shefford Woodlands Hungerford RG17 7AD
Received 9 Mar 2026The Old Rectory Lower Green Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DS
Received 9 Mar 2026Wood View Baydon Road Shefford Woodlands Hungerford RG17 7AD
Received 9 Mar 202623 Kennedy Drive Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JP
Received 10 Mar 2026Telecommunications Mast Clay Hill Beenham Reading
Received 10 Mar 20263 Horsecroft Way Tilehurst Reading RG31 6XW
Received 10 Mar 2026Hockey Ground Trinity School Love Lane Shaw Newbury
Received 10 Mar 2026Land Adjacent To 9 London Road Thatcham RG18 4GE
Received 10 Mar 202626 Mallow Gardens Thatcham RG18 4ES
Received 11 Mar 202635 Charter Road Newbury RG14 7EW
Received 11 Mar 20262 Sewell Close Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9JR
Received 12 Mar 20261 Canal View Road Newbury RG14 5DW
Received 12 Mar 2026Land at Hatch Close Chapel Row Reading
Received 10 Mar 202666 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NA
Received 11 Mar 202667 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NA
Received 11 Mar 2026The Mill House Church Road Bradfield Reading RG7 6BX
Received 12 Mar 2026Play Area Foxglove Way Thatcham
Received 12 Mar 2026The Mile House Therapeutic School Bath Road Sulhamstead Reading RG7 5HJ
Received 12 Mar 2026107 Shaw Road Newbury RG14 1HH
Received 11 Mar 2026114 Andover Road Newbury RG14 6NA
Received 11 Mar 2026138 Craven Road Newbury RG14 5NR
Received 9 Mar 2026Oare Farmhouse Oare Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9SD
Received 12 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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