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West Berkshire Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Berkshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,494Searchable applications
466Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 774 approved or refused records
77Refused applications
697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas51 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas9 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Decided26/01415/NONMAT
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 23/01100/RESMAJ: Application for Approval of Reserved Matters following Outline Approval 14/03109/OUTMAJ - Section 73: To vary condition 32: No more than 250 dwellings shall be completed prior to the completion and opening to traffic of a new bridge, to 421 dwellings. Of approved reference 09/00971/OUTMAJ for redevelopment of Newbury Racecourse to provide new and enhanced leisure, racing, administrative and visitors facilities; new hotel and hostel; replacement children's nursery; permanent retention of the Mill Reef Stand; replacement maintenance buildings, yard and workshops; replacement golf club house and apartment, floodlit driving range and remodelling of golf course; up to 1,500 dwellings. Amendment: Larger openings to windows in the internal communal corridors on upper floors of Blocks B1 and B2. Increase in the number of roof overruns.
History 3 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01416/5DAY
Poplar: removal of 2 snapped out branches (and minimum necessary work to tidy the wounds)
The Plantation Floral Way Thatcham
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01417/COND
Approval of details reserved by Condition (5) Tree Protection Scheme of planning permission 26/00720/HOUSE: Single storey rear extension, porch extension, garage conversion and extension.
Ashmead House Ashmore Green Road Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9ES
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01418/DEMO
Application to determined if prior approval is required for Demolition and Clearance Works for 10 buildings at South East Croner, AWE Aldermaston. Please refer to submitted Method Statement.
AWE Aldermaston Reading Road Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PR
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01419/HOUSE
Conversion of existing garage to gym with replacement of flat roof with pitched roof, roof extension to form covered porch for oil tank, render finish and associated fenestration.
Knightsbridge Court Basingstoke Road Greenham Thatcham RG19 8HR
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01420/COND
Approval of details reserved by Conditions (22) Source Protection Strategy and (25) Landscaping of panning permission 25/01368/FULMAJ: SECTION 73 - Vary condition 2 'Approved plans' of approved application 21/02767/FULMAJ: Construction of 13 flats and courtyards with reconfigured car park. Demolition of single storey flat roofed building.
Dental Care Clifton House 17 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LU
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01422/TPW
Mature Oak Tree 02PK: Growing in the wide verge along Knowsley Road. Prune back two branches currently touching property roof to provide 1-1.5m clearance.
Land Adjacent To 10 Addiscombe Chase Tilehurst Reading RG31 6FH
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01424/HOUSE
Retrospective Remove existing roof and replace with tiled pitched roof to match existing main roof.
2 Skerritt Way Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8DD
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01425/COND
Approval of details reserved by Condition (3) Materials of planning permission 26/00776/HOUSE: Two storey extensions to existing dwelling house.
Bussock Mayne Cottage Snelsmore Newbury RG14 3BP
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01426/NONMAT
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 26/00394/FUL: Demolition, 'Change of Use', alterations and erection of 4 no. dwellings (Class C3) and associated works. Section 73: Variation of condition 2-Approved Plans, of previously approved application 24/01212/FUL. Amendment: This application seeks to amend the description of development to expressly permit the approved development to be carried out in phases as identified on Drawing No. 223-V2-00-DR-05-0100 Rev 01 - Proposed Phasing Plan.
37 - 39 King Street Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RS
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01427/HOUSE
Erection of a detached ancillary residential annex.
Brookfield Post Office Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9PU
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01428/CERTP
Installation of an air source heat pump.
37 Roundfield Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6RA
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01429/CERTP
Installation of an air source heat pump.
6 Nodmore Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7ES
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01430/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Replace existing 9M Light Wooden Pole with 10M Light Wooden Pole opposite Harrow Inn, Main Street, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AR.
Street Record Main Street West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01431/CERTP
Extensions to existing dwelling including 1no single storey side extension, 1no two storey rear extension, and an open porch over the existing entrance.
The Paddocks Crookham House Crookham Hill Crookham Common Thatcham RG19 8DG
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01433/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 10M Medium Wooden Pole near Rowles Farm, Main Street, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AR.
Street Record Main Street West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01434/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near Folly Farm, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AZ.
Street Record 1 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01435/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near Folly Farm, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AZ.
Street Record 2 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01436/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near Folly Farm, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AZ.
Street Record 3 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01437/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near Folly Farm, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AZ.
Street Record 4 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01438/TELE28
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Installation of a 9M Light Wooden Pole near Folly Farm, West Ilsley, Newbury, RG20 7AZ.
Street Record 5 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01439/HOUSE
Retrospective application for a single storey rear extension
4 The Warings Beenham Reading RG7 5NB
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01440/FUL
Demolition of existing cottage and construction of replacement dwelling and associated works
Box Cottage Lower Green Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DN
Received 1 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01441/LBC
Demolition of existing cottage and construction of replacement dwelling and associated works
Box Cottage Lower Green Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9DN
Received 1 Jul 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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