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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5LL
Received 13 Apr 202616 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5LL
Received 13 Apr 2026California House Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 9 Apr 2026Streatley C.E. Voluntary Controlled School The Coombe Streatley Reading RG8 9QL
Received 9 Apr 2026Feltre Place Newbury
Received 9 Apr 2026Dangary Lodge Calcot Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RN
Received 10 Apr 2026Oakland House Silver Lane Padworth Reading RG7 4QR
Received 13 Apr 2026Five Oaken Cottage Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3QD
Received 10 Apr 2026East Garston House Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7EU
Received 10 Apr 202622 Dark Lane Tilehurst Reading RG31 6RA
Received 13 Apr 202663 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AE
Received 13 Apr 202659 Loundyes Close Thatcham RG18 3EA
Received 13 Apr 2026Holly Cottage Speen Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1RN
Received 10 Apr 2026Street Record Mount Close Newbury
Received 10 Apr 20266 Dauntless Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3NZ
Received 13 Apr 202617 - 19 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DJ
Received 13 Apr 2026Vista Cottage The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
Received 13 Apr 2026Red Hill House Briff Lane Bucklebury Reading RG7 6SP
Received 14 Apr 2026Froomes Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LS
Received 14 Apr 2026Top Barn Donnington Grove Donnington Newbury RG14 2LA
Received 13 Apr 202681 - 82 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AE
Received 14 Apr 20263 Skippons Close Newbury RG14 6SE
Received 13 Apr 20266 Hanningtons Way Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BE
Received 14 Apr 2026Street Record Crookham Common Road Crookham Common Thatcham
Received 13 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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