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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Rectory Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LX
Received 12 Mar 2026Orchard Court Turners Drive Thatcham RG19 4QG
Received 13 Mar 2026The Old Dairy Site Manor House Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham
Received 12 Mar 202620 High Street Theale Reading RG7 5AN
Received 13 Mar 2026Hillfoot Farm Hillfoot Chapel Row Reading RG7 6PG
Received 13 Mar 20266 Auclum Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DY
Received 13 Mar 2026Telecommunications Mast Reading Services Westbound Burghfield Reading
Received 12 Mar 2026Little Hidden Farm Wantage Road Newtown Hungerford RG17 0PN
Received 11 Mar 2026Little Hidden Farm Wantage Road Newtown Hungerford RG17 0PN
Received 11 Mar 2026Hilltop Cottage Hopgoods Green Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TA
Received 15 Mar 2026The Old Farm Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JN
Received 13 Mar 2026Harcourt House West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AS
Received 16 Mar 2026Reservoir (covered) Tutts Clump Reading
Received 16 Mar 202629 Longcroft Road Thatcham RG19 4QT
Received 16 Mar 202615 Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3PY
Received 16 Mar 2026Barn Owl Day Nursery Domus Oxford Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6UT
Received 16 Mar 2026Watery Lane Farm Hamstead Marshall Newbury RG20 0JH
Received 13 Mar 2026Smiths Row Greenham Road Newbury RG14 7HY
Received 13 Mar 2026PROW Adj To Recreation Ground Mayfield Avenue Calcot Reading
Received 13 Mar 2026The Grange School 18 - 21 Church Gate Thatcham RG19 3PN
Received 16 Mar 202647 Hawkesbury Drive Calcot Reading RG31 7ZR
Received 16 Mar 2026Cherry Cottage Bucklebury Alley Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9NN
Received 17 Mar 2026Glenvale Nurseries Hungerford Lane Bradfield Southend Reading RG7 6JH
Received 16 Mar 2026Land East Of Racecourse View and South Of Hambridge Lane Newbury
Received 17 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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