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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brookfield Post Office Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9PU
Received 1 Jul 202612 Elyham Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EN
Received 1 Jul 2026Street Record 6 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026Street Record 7 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026Street Record 8 Bury Lane West Ilsley Newbury
Received 29 Jun 2026Street Record Main Street West Ilsley Newbury
Received 30 Jun 2026Hampstead House Blandys Lane Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8PH
Received 1 Jul 202610 Croft Lane Newbury RG14 1RR
Received 24 Jun 2026The Havethuset Mortimer Hill The Street Mortimer Reading RG7 3PW
Received 1 Jul 2026Home Farm House Bradfield Reading RG7 6BN
Received 1 Jul 2026Land South Of Purley Recreation Ground Goosecroft Lane Purley On Thames Reading
Received 1 Jul 2026Doric House Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 1 Jul 2026Town Mills West Mills Newbury RG14 5HW
Received 2 Jul 202614 Rainsford Farm Mews Thatcham RG19 4AS
Received 29 Jun 2026Grounds Of Shaw House Church Road Shaw Newbury
Received 2 Jul 2026Chillington Fishers Lane Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9NG
Received 2 Jul 2026Kennet Valley Free Church Carters Rise Calcot Reading RG31 7YT
Received 3 Jul 20262 The Square Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AH
Received 3 Jul 20262 The Square Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AH
Received 3 Jul 2026Aberdare House 17 Station Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9UP
Received 3 Jul 2026Happy Kids Nursery The Winchcombe School Maple Crescent Newbury RG14 1LN
Received 24 Jun 2026Clapton Farm House Clapton Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9RP
Received 3 Jul 20263 Stanmore Gardens Mortimer Common Reading RG7 2JW
Received 2 Jul 2026Hornbeam Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8SU
Received 3 Jul 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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