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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Church Street Hungerford RG17 0JH
Received 15 Jun 2026Hilliers Rosebourne Station Road Aldermaston Reading RG7 4LD
Received 15 Jun 2026Bowden Hill Pangbourne Reading RG8 8PT
Received 15 Jun 202612 Calard Drive Thatcham RG18 3BU
Received 15 Jun 20261 Sewell Close Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9JR
Received 10 Jun 2026Land North Of Just Learning Nursery Monks Lane Newbury
Received 8 Jun 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 8 Jun 2026Street Record Blandys Hill Kintbury Hungerford
Received 4 Jun 2026Calcot Park Golf Club Calcot Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RN
Received 16 Jun 2026Faraday Road Football Ground Faraday Road Newbury RG14 2AD
Received 15 Jun 2026Street Record Blandys Hill Kintbury Hungerford
Received 4 Jun 20268 Green Lane Thatcham RG19 3RG
Received 16 Jun 2026White Hart Inn Hamstead Marshall Newbury RG20 0HW
Received 15 Jun 2026Membury Transmitting Station Membury Services Eastbound Membury Hungerford
Received 16 Jun 2026Picton Farm The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TL
Received 16 Jun 2026Picton Farm The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TL
Received 16 Jun 2026Lakeside The Green Theale Reading
Received 15 Jun 20268 Benham Chase Stockcross Newbury RG20 8LQ
Received 8 Jun 2026Paddock House Gardeners Lane Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NL
Received 16 Jun 20262 Russet Glade Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DZ
Received 16 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Boxford Newbury
Received 16 Jun 2026Calcot Park Golf Club Calcot Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RN
Received 15 Jun 2026West Street House West Street Newbury
Received 17 Jun 2026West Cottage Stables The Thicket Leckhampstead Newbury
Received 17 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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