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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
College House Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7HJ
Received 9 Apr 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 14 Apr 20263 Kingsbridge Road Newbury RG14 6DY
Received 15 Apr 2026South Barn Enborne Newbury RG20 0HD
Received 9 Apr 2026Land Adjacent To Public Conveniences Station Road Kintbury Hungerford
Received 13 Apr 202626 Oxford Road Newbury RG14 1PA
Received 14 Apr 2026Tree Cottage Bethesda Street Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NU
Received 15 Apr 2026Fairlawns Enborne Row Wash Water Newbury RG20 0LX
Received 16 Apr 2026Southwood Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 15 Apr 202615 Kingsbridge Road Newbury RG14 6DY
Received 16 Apr 2026Tanglewood Wantage Road Streatley Reading RG8 9LD
Received 16 Apr 2026Ashmore Green House Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9EY
Received 16 Apr 2026Windrush Vicarage Lane Streatley Reading RG8 9HX
Received 16 Apr 2026Blacks Lake Track Racing Blacks Lake Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PG
Received 16 Apr 2026The Mill Quarter Mill Lane Newbury
Received 16 Apr 2026Hillbury House Bethesda Street Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NT
Received 16 Apr 20266 Donnington Square Newbury RG14 1PJ
Received 16 Apr 2026111 Andover Road Newbury RG14 6JH
Received 17 Apr 202622 Blake Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9WN
Received 16 Apr 2026Red Hill House Briff Lane Bucklebury Reading RG7 6SP
Received 17 Apr 2026Woodcroft 21 Croft Lane Newbury RG14 1RR
Received 16 Apr 2026Yew Tree Bungalow The Broadway Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XY
Received 16 Apr 2026Lodge Stanford Wood Tutts Clump Reading RG7 6JU
Received 15 Apr 2026Manor Farm Cottage Station Road East Garston Hungerford RG17 7HF
Received 17 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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