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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Folly Farm Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 28 Apr 202637 Northway Thatcham RG18 3FG
Received 27 Apr 202626 Hanningtons Way Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BE
Received 28 Apr 2026Elm Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BN
Received 28 Apr 2026CBL House Colthrop Lane Thatcham RG19 4NT
Received 28 Apr 202612 Elyham Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EN
Received 28 Apr 2026Two Acre Dairy Manor Farm Chaddleworth Newbury
Received 28 Apr 2026Cranbourne Cranbourne Avenue Calcot Reading RG31 4RD
Received 29 Apr 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 28 Apr 2026Holly Lodge East Lane Chieveley Newbury RG20 8UZ
Received 28 Apr 2026The Old Granary North Fawley Wantage OX12 9NJ
Received 29 Apr 202616 Hugh Fraser Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 4QZ
Received 28 Apr 2026Field Mouse Cottage 11 Midgham Green Midgham Reading RG7 5TT
Received 29 Apr 2026Parsonage Green Aldworth Reading RG8 9RL
Received 30 Apr 20261 Briants Piece Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9SX
Received 29 Apr 2026Delmar Collaroy Road Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9PB
Received 29 Apr 2026Pierces Farm Goodboys Lane Mortimer Reading RG7 3AH
Received 29 Apr 2026Church Farm Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9NH
Received 29 Apr 2026Highfield House Folly Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9QB
Received 30 Apr 2026143 Priory Road Hungerford RG17 0AP
Received 29 Apr 20261 Searles Farm Cottages Burghfield Reading RG30 3XB
Received 30 Apr 2026386 London Road Benham Hill Thatcham RG18 3AA
Received 30 Apr 2026Brightwalton Stud Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BZ
Received 1 May 2026Land Adjacent To Fieldview Long Lane Tilehurst Reading
Received 30 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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