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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NA
Received 26 May 202685 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NA
Received 26 May 2026Ingleville Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SG
Received 26 May 2026The Vineyard Stockcross Newbury RG20 8JU
Received 26 May 2026Winton House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RG
Received 26 May 2026Street Record Sawmill Road Cold Ash Thatcham
Received 26 May 2026Neardown Stables Neardown Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8QP
Received 22 May 20263 Childrey Way Tilehurst Reading RG31 5EA
Received 27 May 2026Lakeside The Green Theale Reading
Received 26 May 202618 Lipscombe Close Newbury RG14 5JW
Received 26 May 2026Inglewood Place Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SJ
Received 27 May 2026Pump House Streatley Reading RG8 9SU
Received 26 May 2026Pyt House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RA
Received 27 May 2026Pyt House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RA
Received 27 May 2026Pyt House Ashampstead Reading RG8 8RA
Received 27 May 2026Ashness Lodge Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HD
Received 26 May 2026Kennet Orly Woolhampton Hill Woolhampton Reading RG7 5SY
Received 27 May 2026The Newbury 137 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5HB
Received 27 May 202626 Bourne Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JS
Received 28 May 20261 Calcot Place Low Lane Calcot Reading RG31 7RT
Received 28 May 2026The Newbury 137 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5HB
Received 28 May 2026Brynteg Clay Lane Beenham Reading RG7 5PD
Received 27 May 2026Street Record Winterbourne Newbury
Received 27 May 2026De Vere Hotel Wokefield Park Mortimer Reading RG7 3AE
Received 28 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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