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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Pound Street Newbury RG14 6AE
Received 1 May 2026Summer House Woodlands St Mary Hungerford RG17 7SR
Received 1 May 202622 Riverpark Industrial Estate Ampere Road Newbury RG14 2DQ
Received 30 Apr 2026Watermill Theatre Bagnor Newbury RG20 8AE
Received 30 Apr 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 30 Apr 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 30 Apr 2026Corner Cottage Beenham Reading RG7 5NA
Received 5 May 20261 Felix Pole Lane Theale Reading RG7 5GP
Received 1 May 2026Land Opposite Hillfoot Beenham Hill Beenham Reading
Received 5 May 202626 Blewbury Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HL
Received 5 May 202617 Bluebell Drive Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3EF
Received 5 May 2026Awberry Farm The Green Beenham Reading RG7 5NX
Received 5 May 2026Street Record Reading Road Purley On Thames Reading
Received 4 May 2026Land at Golden Hill Reading Road Streatley Reading
Received 1 May 202626 Charnham Street Hungerford RG17 0EJ
Received 5 May 20262 Ormonde Gardens Newbury RG14 1TG
Received 5 May 2026West Wood New Road Newbury
Received 6 May 2026Barton Court Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 6 May 2026Purley Farmhouse Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7DT
Received 6 May 2026The Old Manor Stables Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8RG
Received 7 May 2026Flat At University House 5 - 7 Oxford Street Newbury RG14 1JG
Received 7 May 202610 Abbey Close Newbury RG14 7QX
Received 7 May 20262 Leverton Hungerford RG17 0TA
Received 7 May 2026Middle Lodge Church Road Aldermaston Reading RG7 4LT
Received 7 May 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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