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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 The Henrys Thatcham RG18 4LS
Received 18 Jun 2026Calcot Park Golf Club Calcot Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RN
Received 24 Jun 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 25 Jun 2026Street Record Haydon Lane East Ilsley Newbury
Received 24 Jun 202627 Donnington Square Newbury RG14 1PJ
Received 24 Jun 2026Woodpecker Cottage Pinchington Lane Greenham Thatcham RG19 8SR
Received 24 Jun 20261 Flintjack Place Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8NX
Received 25 Jun 20263 Park View Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3EJ
Received 25 Jun 2026Halfway Farm Bath Road Halfway Newbury RG20 8NR
Received 26 Jun 2026Elstree School Woolhampton Hill Upper Woolhampton Reading RG7 5TD
Received 26 Jun 202610 Damson Drive Mortimer Reading RG7 3WZ
Received 26 Jun 2026Elstree School Woolhampton Hill Upper Woolhampton Reading RG7 5TD
Received 26 Jun 2026Thames Cottage 16 Shooters Hill Pangbourne Reading RG8 7DX
Received 26 Jun 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 26 Jun 2026Tydehams Oaks Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 29 Jun 20266 Lowbury Gardens Compton Newbury RG20 6NN
Received 29 Jun 202613 The Birchwoods Tilehurst Reading RG31 5UH
Received 29 Jun 2026Westerly Woodridge Newbury RG14 6NP
Received 29 Jun 2026Downside Wantage Road Great Shefford Hungerford RG17 7DB
Received 29 Jun 20263 Bourne Arch Thatcham RG18 3DX
Received 25 Jun 2026Wickcroft Farm Pangbourne Road Theale Reading RG7 5EA
Received 30 Jun 2026Middlewood House Carbinswood Lane Woolhampton Reading RG7 5TS
Received 29 Jun 2026Land East Of Buscot Hill and North Of Union Road Bradfield Reading
Received 30 Jun 2026250 Benham Hill Thatcham RG18 3AH
Received 29 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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