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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury
Received 30 Mar 2026Chaddleworth House Tower Hill Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7EB
Received 30 Mar 2026Europcar Group UK Ltd 8 Fleming Road Newbury RG14 2DE
Received 31 Mar 2026Moss Cottage Craven Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DY
Received 31 Mar 2026Sewage Pumping Station Boxford Newbury
Received 30 Mar 2026Tegglers Goodwood Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3EZ
Received 30 Mar 2026Out Of District Reading Borough Council Station Hill Reading RG1 1NF
Received 30 Mar 2026Ashmead House Ashmore Green Road Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9ES
Received 31 Mar 2026Brightwalton Stud Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BZ
Received 31 Mar 2026Thames Valley Police 2 Gables Way Thatcham RG19 4ZB
Received 31 Mar 2026154A Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5HB
Received 26 Mar 2026Street Record 5 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 31 Mar 2026Pound Court Pound Street Newbury RG14 6AA
Received 31 Mar 2026Knightsbridge Court Basingstoke Road Greenham Thatcham RG19 8HR
Received 31 Mar 202610 Heather Gardens Newbury RG14 7RG
Received 31 Mar 20261 To 3 Bartholomew Close and 14 To 26 Hampton Road and 12 To 26 and 30 To 40 Argyle Road Newbury
Received 31 Mar 2026Newbury Judo Club Poplar Place Newbury RG14 1NA
Received 31 Mar 2026Cedar Haven St Gabriels Farm The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HT
Received 31 Mar 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 31 Mar 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 31 Mar 202674 Westfield Road Thatcham RG18 3BT
Received 1 Apr 202622 Hawkesbury Drive Calcot Reading RG31 7ZP
Received 1 Apr 202656 The Avenue Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3QX
Received 1 Apr 20263 Chesterfield Road Newbury RG14 7QB
Received 2 Apr 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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