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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paddocks Lower Green Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DN
Received 23 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 49, 50 and 52 High Street Theale Reading RG7 5AN
Received 22 Jun 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 23 Jun 2026Feathers Farm Blandys Lane Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8PG
Received 23 Jun 2026Fircroft Cedar Drive Pangbourne Reading RG8 7BH
Received 23 Jun 202664 West End Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3TH
Received 23 Jun 2026Cement Depot Wigmore Lane Theale Reading RG7 5HH
Received 24 Jun 2026Old Hawkridge House Bucklebury Road Bucklebury Reading RG7 6EQ
Received 24 Jun 2026Old Hawkridge House Bucklebury Road Bucklebury Reading RG7 6EQ
Received 24 Jun 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 23 Jun 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 23 Jun 2026The Old Dairy Site Manor House Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham
Received 23 Jun 202660 The Henrys Thatcham RG18 4NA
Received 24 Jun 202620 Two Rivers Way Newbury RG14 5TE
Received 22 Jun 2026Recreation Ground Mayfield Avenue Calcot Reading
Received 22 Jun 202640 Conifer Crest Newbury RG14 6RT
Received 24 Jun 2026Pigeon House Eastbury Hungerford RG17 7JQ
Received 24 Jun 202615B Lovatt Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HG
Received 22 Jun 2026Land at East Ilsley Compton Road East Ilsley Newbury
Received 24 Jun 202626 Blewbury Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HL
Received 24 Jun 2026Land Between Frognam Farm and Kemari Upper Lambourn Hungerford
Received 25 Jun 2026Hungerford Railway Station Car Park Station Road Hungerford
Received 24 Jun 202618 High Street Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XN
Received 24 Jun 202628 Trefoil Drove Thatcham RG18 4EL
Received 24 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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