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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Dalby Crescent Newbury RG14 7LB
Received 19 Jun 2026The Plough Inn 81 Chapel Street Thatcham RG18 4JS
Received 19 Jun 20268 Sunhill Cottages Bath Road Woolhampton Reading RG7 5RP
Received 19 Jun 20268 Sunhill Cottages Bath Road Woolhampton Reading RG7 5RP
Received 19 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Tullock Farm Welford Newbury
Received 17 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Bath Road Midgham Reading
Received 18 Jun 2026Telecommunications Mast Shefford Woodlands Hungerford
Received 18 Jun 202640 Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3QA
Received 22 Jun 2026Premier Inn Pinchington Lane Newbury RG14 7HB
Received 11 Jun 2026Foinavon Churn Road Compton Newbury RG20 6PP
Received 19 Jun 2026Cricket House High Street Compton Newbury RG20 6NY
Received 22 Jun 202650 Bourne Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7JS
Received 22 Jun 2026Woodbine Cottage Cromwell Terrace Bath Road Speen Newbury RG14 1RE
Received 22 Jun 202673 Fifth Road Newbury RG14 6DT
Received 22 Jun 2026White Lodge Speen Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1RN
Received 18 Jun 2026Beech Hill Barn The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading RG7 2LA
Received 22 Jun 202649 Warborough Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 5LB
Received 19 Jun 2026Land South Of Tower Works Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 22 Jun 2026Land South Of Tower Works Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford
Received 22 Jun 2026Apricot Day Nursery Lescun Pangbourne Road Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8LN
Received 22 Jun 20261 - 2 Eight Bells Arcade Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5DY
Received 8 Jun 202640 Stephens Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3TU
Received 22 Jun 2026Bendor House 3 Church Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TR
Received 17 Jun 202614 Oxford Street Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XT
Received 22 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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