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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Robin Hood Toby Carvery 110 London Road Newbury RG14 2AJ
Received 16 Jun 2026Land East Of Jennetts Wood Tutts Clump Reading
Received 12 Jun 2026St Benedicts Cottage Collaroy Road Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9PB
Received 16 Jun 2026Sunnyside Yattendon Thatcham RG18 0XX
Received 18 Jun 202616 Groves Lea Mortimer Reading RG7 3SR
Received 17 Jun 2026Snelsmore Water Tower Snelsmore Common Newbury
Received 16 Jun 2026Westwood Craven Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DZ
Received 11 Jun 202637 Purley Rise Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8AJ
Received 18 Jun 202637 Purley Rise Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8AJ
Received 18 Jun 2026Old Post Office Bucklebury Reading RG7 6PL
Received 17 Jun 2026Old Post Office Bucklebury Reading RG7 6PL
Received 17 Jun 2026Thatcham Memorial Playing Fields Brownsfield Road Thatcham
Received 17 Jun 2026Rose Cottage Shefford Woodlands Hungerford RG17 7AS
Received 18 Jun 202626 Charnham Street Hungerford RG17 0EJ
Received 18 Jun 2026Land Adjacent To M4 Membury Airfield Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 18 Jun 2026Sewage Treatment Works Sulhamstead Road Burghfield Reading
Received 19 Jun 2026Newbury Rugby Football Club Monks Lane Newbury RG14 7RW
Received 19 Jun 202614 College Way East Garston Hungerford RG17 7EP
Received 16 Jun 2026Land at West View Peasemore Newbury
Received 10 Jun 202624 Auclum Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DY
Received 18 Jun 2026Fagus House Wood Lane Beech Hill Reading RG7 2BE
Received 19 Jun 2026Maplewood The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
Received 17 Jun 2026Post Office 57 Stockcross Newbury RG20 8LJ
Received 19 Jun 20261 Abbots Road Newbury RG14 7QW
Received 19 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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