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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highbank House Branch End Newbury RG14 2NY
Received 14 May 20263 The Laurels Woodview Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JZ
Received 14 May 2026The New Bungalow Cleardene Farm Ashmore Green Road Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9ES
Received 13 May 2026Land at Mead Lane Upper Basildon Reading
Received 13 May 202626 Charnham Street Hungerford RG17 0EJ
Received 14 May 2026John Rankin Infant And Nursery School Garford Crescent Newbury RG14 6EX
Received 14 May 202616 Somerset Walk Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NG
Received 14 May 2026Tidmarsh House Tidmarsh Lane Tidmarsh Reading RG8 8HA
Received 14 May 2026Elmfields The Street Englefield Reading RG7 5ES
Received 14 May 202616 Charnham Street Hungerford RG17 0ES
Received 14 May 202616 Charnham Street Hungerford RG17 0ES
Received 14 May 2026Hungerford Rugby Club Triangle Field Priory Road Hungerford
Received 15 May 202620 - 28A Pound Street Newbury
Received 14 May 2026Alda Kiln Corner Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8SP
Received 14 May 2026Youngs Industrial Estate Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PW
Received 15 May 2026Land East Of Sucks Lane Ashampstead Common Reading
Received 15 May 2026Well Cottage Long Grove Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6QS
Received 15 May 2026101 Underwood Road Calcot Reading RG30 3PA
Received 18 May 2026Barton Court Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 15 May 202620 - 22 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NF
Received 15 May 2026Mallowry Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LS
Received 18 May 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 15 May 2026Yew Tree Cottage Mays Lane Padworth Common Reading RG7 4QP
Received 15 May 2026Yew Tree Cottage Mays Lane Padworth Common Reading RG7 4QP
Received 15 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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