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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Burrell Road Compton Newbury RG20 6NS
Received 3 Jul 202624 Beverley Close Thatcham RG18 3FZ
Received 6 Jul 2026Ashdown House The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TE
Received 3 Jul 2026Woodside Wood Lane Beech Hill Reading RG7 2BE
Received 3 Jul 2026Donnington Holt Cottage Wantage Road Donnington Newbury RG14 3BA
Received 6 Jul 2026Penny Cottage Wantage Road Great Shefford Hungerford RG17 7DA
Received 6 Jul 202624 Longworth Avenue Tilehurst Reading RG31 5JY
Received 6 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To Bath Road Dorking Way Calcot Reading
Received 6 Jul 2026Boysmeade Oxford Road Newbury RG14 1XB
Received 1 Jul 2026Roundoaks School Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JZ
Received 6 Jul 20268 Kingsland Grange Newbury RG14 6LH
Received 6 Jul 2026Woodside Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury RG20 8QT
Received 7 Jul 20261 Theobald Drive Tilehurst Reading RG31 6YA
Received 6 Jul 2026Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading RG31 7SD
Received 7 Jul 202618 Red Kite Close Calcot Reading RG31 7BT
Received 7 Jul 2026Street Record Henshaw Crescent Newbury
Received 6 Jul 2026Harrow Inn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AR
Received 7 Jul 2026116 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5DT
Received 8 Jul 2026116 Bartholomew Street Newbury RG14 5DT
Received 8 Jul 2026Hampstead House Blandys Lane Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8PH
Received 6 Jul 2026Barton Court Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 7 Jul 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 7 Jul 202647 Masefield Road Thatcham RG18 3AL
Received 7 Jul 2026Step Up Cottage Sulham Lane Sulham Reading RG8 8DX
Received 8 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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