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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cleeve Court Streatley Reading
Received 4 Jun 2026Theale Golf Centre North Street Theale Reading RG7 5EX
Received 5 Jun 2026Gorselands The Avenue Bucklebury Reading RG7 6NP
Received 5 Jun 202618 High Street Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XN
Received 4 Jun 202622 Woodavon Gardens Thatcham RG18 4DT
Received 5 Jun 2026Glebe Cottage Aldworth Reading RG8 9SB
Received 5 Jun 20269 London Road Thatcham RG18 4GE
Received 5 Jun 202682 Park Lane Thatcham RG18 3PG
Received 5 Jun 2026102A Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5DY
Received 8 Jun 2026Horseman Coaches The Green Theale Reading RG7 5DR
Received 9 Jun 2026Hunters Moon New Road Hill Midgham Reading RG7 5RY
Received 8 Jun 2026The Swan At Streatley High Street Streatley Reading RG8 9HR
Received 8 Jun 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 8 Jun 2026Nord House Pelican Lane Newbury RG14 1NU
Received 4 Jun 202635 The Avenue Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3QU
Received 8 Jun 2026Moorings Blandys Lane Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LY
Received 9 Jun 2026Pinchington Lodge Pinchington Lane Greenham Thatcham RG19 8SR
Received 9 Jun 202614 Sidestrand Road Newbury RG14 6HP
Received 9 Jun 2026125 High Street Hungerford RG17 0DL
Received 9 Jun 2026Rennie Court Old College Road Newbury RG14 1TJ
Received 4 Jun 2026Trinity School Love Lane Shaw Newbury RG14 2DU
Received 9 Jun 2026127 London Road Newbury RG14 2BX
Received 9 Jun 2026Tudor House Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 9 Jun 2026Church Of St Mary Church Gate Thatcham
Received 9 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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