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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Grange School 18 - 21 Church Gate Thatcham RG19 3PN
Received 1 Apr 202635 Broad Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6QH
Received 2 Apr 202688 School Lane Boxford Newbury RG20 8DX
Received 3 Apr 2026History 3 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury
Received 31 Mar 2026Bower Farm Bower Road Aldworth Reading RG8 9TR
Received 7 Apr 2026Edenholme Hungerford Lane Bradfield Southend Reading RG7 6JJ
Received 7 Apr 20268 Cleveland Nook Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3WE
Received 7 Apr 2026Street Record 1 The Forge Hungerford
Received 7 Apr 2026Street Record 2 The Forge Hungerford
Received 7 Apr 202620 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NF
Received 8 Apr 2026Tigers Day Nursery Henwick Court Turnpike Road Thatcham RG18 3QY
Received 8 Apr 2026Mill House Boxford Newbury RG20 8DP
Received 7 Apr 202636 Stockcross Newbury RG20 8JX
Received 8 Apr 202666 Devonshire Gardens Tilehurst Reading RG31 6FP
Received 8 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To 27 Groves Lea Mortimer Reading RG7 3SS
Received 8 Apr 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 8 Apr 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 8 Apr 202663 Shaw Road Newbury RG14 1HG
Received 9 Apr 2026Lyndhurst Bere Court Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 8JT
Received 9 Apr 20261 Longworthy Newbury Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9TB
Received 9 Apr 2026The Flat 2 Crown Lane Theale Reading RG7 5BG
Received 9 Apr 2026Brook House Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS
Received 9 Apr 20269 Cleveland Nook Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3WE
Received 9 Apr 2026Bussock Mayne Cottage Snelsmore Newbury RG14 3BP
Received 10 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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