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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pincents Manor Hotel Pincents Lane Tilehurst Reading RG31 4UQ
Received 26 Mar 2026The Annexe At Downs House Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
Received 26 Mar 2026Purley Hall Lodge Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8DX
Received 26 Mar 2026Pond Cottage Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LU
Received 27 Mar 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 26 Mar 2026Tudor Cottage Beech Hill Road Beech Hill Reading RG7 2AS
Received 26 Mar 2026Tudor Cottage Beech Hill Road Beech Hill Reading RG7 2AS
Received 26 Mar 2026Denford Manor Lower Denford Hungerford RG17 0UN
Received 26 Mar 2026Heath Farm Cottage Southend Road Bradfield Southend Reading RG7 6EP
Received 27 Mar 2026St Gabriels Farm The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham
Received 26 Mar 2026Street Record Tidmarsh Road Pangbourne Reading
Received 26 Mar 2026Land Off Oakley Drive Oakley Drive Burghfield Common Reading
Received 25 Mar 202618 Hamstead Marshall Newbury RG20 0HR
Received 26 Mar 202628 Clifton Road Newbury RG14 5JT
Received 27 Mar 2026Ashdown House The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TE
Received 30 Mar 2026Oakdene Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HQ
Received 27 Mar 2026Kings Copse House Southend Reading RG7 6JR
Received 27 Mar 2026Dental Care Clifton House 17 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LU
Received 27 Mar 2026Brook Cottage Boxford Newbury RG20 8DP
Received 27 Mar 2026Windmill Court Windmill Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RL
Received 30 Mar 2026Raceform House High Street Compton Newbury RG20 6NL
Received 30 Mar 2026Normanstan The Thicket Leckhampstead Newbury RG20 8QW
Received 30 Mar 2026New Hope Picklepythe Lane Beenham Reading RG7 5NN
Received 30 Mar 2026Land East Of Hippo Pools Upper Basildon Reading
Received 31 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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