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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Calcot Park Golf Club Calcot Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RN
Received 19 May 2026Milford Lodge The Coombe Streatley Reading RG8 9QL
Received 18 May 2026Land To The Rear Of 52 Foxglove Way Thatcham RG18 4DL
Received 20 May 2026Snelsmore Water Tower Snelsmore Common Newbury
Received 19 May 2026Brook House Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LS
Received 20 May 2026The Vale Craven Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DX
Received 20 May 2026Yarnton House High Street Streatley Reading RG8 9HY
Received 21 May 2026Barton Court Farm Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 20 May 2026Muchmore Front Street East Garston Hungerford RG17 7EU
Received 20 May 2026Beech House Goose Green Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8YB
Received 20 May 2026Jayswood Clay Hill Beenham Reading RG7 5PN
Received 19 May 2026Burgess Farm Kintbury Holt Newbury RG20 0HY
Received 21 May 2026Tall Pines Chapel Row Reading RG7 6QB
Received 21 May 2026Lower Basildon View Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9ND
Received 22 May 2026Land West Of Woods Farm Stables Streatley Reading
Received 21 May 2026Telecommunications Mast Tidmarsh Lane Tidmarsh Reading
Received 21 May 2026The Old Rectory Peasemore Newbury RG20 7JH
Received 22 May 202632 Kingsley Close Shaw Newbury RG14 2EE
Received 22 May 2026Nutshell Cottage Riverview Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AU
Received 26 May 202652 Valley Road Newbury RG14 6ER
Received 22 May 20262 Orchard Place Horseshoe Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JQ
Received 22 May 2026Land To Rear Of 6-8 High Street Theale Reading
Received 22 May 202619 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Received 22 May 2026Barn West Of The Old Rectory Lower Green Inkpen
Received 22 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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