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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
De Vere Hotel Wokefield Park Mortimer Reading RG7 3AE
Received 28 May 2026Eastbank Brimpton Lane Brimpton Reading RG7 4TL
Received 29 May 2026Eastbank Brimpton Lane Brimpton Reading RG7 4TL
Received 29 May 20268 Salisbury Road Hungerford RG17 0LH
Received 28 May 2026Culverlands House Mans Hill Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BD
Received 29 May 2026Tadley Rugby Club Frank Jose Park Red Lane Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PA
Received 29 May 2026The Garden House Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LX
Received 28 May 2026100 High Street Hungerford RG17 0NB
Received 28 May 202612 Wolsingham Way Thatcham RG19 3YW
Received 29 May 202622 Hambridge Road Newbury RG14 5SE
Received 1 Jun 20266 Westmead Drive Newbury RG14 7DJ
Received 29 May 2026Springfield Primary School Barton Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5NJ
Received 1 Jun 2026Denefield Nursery Denefield School Long Lane Tilehurst Reading RG31 6XY
Received 29 May 20264 Kempton Close Newbury RG14 7RS
Received 29 May 2026Orchard Cottage Craven Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DZ
Received 1 Jun 20262 Farm Close Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8BA
Received 1 Jun 2026North Farm Stud North Farm North Fawley Wantage OX12 9NJ
Received 1 Jun 2026Old Cobbles Pinchington Lane Greenham Thatcham RG19 8SR
Received 1 Jun 20267A Broadlands Close Calcot Reading RG31 7RP
Received 1 Jun 2026Chieveley Recreation Ground High Street Chieveley Newbury
Received 1 Jun 2026Oak View Collaroy Road Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9PG
Received 2 Jun 202615 Kingsbridge Road Newbury RG14 6DY
Received 2 Jun 20263 Grassington Place Thatcham RG19 3XD
Received 2 Jun 2026Barlows Plantation Silchester Road Tadley
Received 3 Jun 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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