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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 The Avenue Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3QU
Received 9 Jun 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 9 Jun 2026Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU
Received 9 Jun 2026St Andrews School Buckhold Pangbourne Reading RG8 8QA
Received 10 Jun 2026Beaulieu The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HZ
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To The Downland Practice East Lane Chieveley Newbury
Received 10 Jun 202611 - 15 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5LL
Received 10 Jun 20262A Conifer Crest Newbury RG14 6RT
Received 9 Jun 20263 Enborne Lodge Lane Newbury RG14 6RH
Received 10 Jun 202611 Bunkers Hill Newbury RG14 6TF
Received 11 Jun 202638 Magpie Way Tilehurst Reading RG31 4SJ
Received 11 Jun 2026Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading RG31 7SD
Received 11 Jun 20261 The Beales Peasemore Newbury RG20 7JX
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To Manor Farm Cottages Brimpton Road Brimpton Reading
Received 18 May 2026Cement Depot Wigmore Lane Theale Reading RG7 5HH
Received 11 Jun 202678 Valley Road Newbury RG14 6EU
Received 15 May 20269 London Road Thatcham RG18 4GE
Received 11 Jun 202641 Auclum Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DA
Received 12 Jun 2026Barton Court Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 15 Jun 202616 Groves Lea Mortimer Reading RG7 3SR
Received 12 Jun 2026Thatcham Business Village Colthrop Way Thatcham RG19 4LW
Received 12 Jun 2026West Berkshire Community Hospital Rookes Way Thatcham RG18 3AS
Received 12 Jun 2026Stable Cottage Long Lane Shaw Newbury RG14 2TE
Received 12 Jun 20265 Fairview Road Hungerford RG17 0BP
Received 12 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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