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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 18 Mar 2026Bryony Cottage The Old Orchard Calcot Reading RG31 7RF
Received 17 Mar 2026Office Block 2B 2A - 2B Herongate Hungerford RG17 0YU
Received 18 Mar 20264 Abbots Road Newbury RG14 7QW
Received 18 Mar 20266 Badgers Ridge Newbury RG20 0LQ
Received 18 Mar 2026Bell Hill House 15 The Grange Enborne Newbury RG14 6RJ
Received 18 Mar 2026Tudor Oaks Oxford Road Newbury RG14 1XB
Received 18 Mar 2026Birchgrove 64 Greenham Road Newbury RG14 7HX
Received 18 Mar 20263 Dolton Mews West Mills Newbury RG14 5HT
Received 16 Mar 2026Manor Farm Buildings Burnt Hill Road Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS
Received 18 Mar 2026Carramar Wantage Road Streatley Reading RG8 9LB
Received 19 Mar 2026Former Mead Bungalow Peasemore Newbury RG20 7JE
Received 20 Mar 2026Land South Of Tower Works Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 19 Mar 2026Land To The Rear Of The Hollies Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BH
Received 19 Mar 202642 Horseshoe Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JH
Received 19 Mar 2026Manor House Hotel Borehole Aldermaston Park Aldermaston Reading
Received 19 Mar 2026131 Langley Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 4EE
Received 23 Mar 2026The Hollies Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BH
Received 16 Mar 202634 Addiscombe Chase Tilehurst Reading RG31 6FH
Received 23 Mar 202641 Wendan Road Newbury RG14 7AJ
Received 23 Mar 202612 Bainbridge Road Calcot Reading RG31 7BE
Received 20 Mar 2026Mayfield Farm Ilsley Road Compton Newbury RG20 7BR
Received 20 Mar 2026Lower Basildon View Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9ND
Received 23 Mar 2026Fox Farm Barn Ermin Street Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford RG17 7TR
Received 23 Mar 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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