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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Micro Focus The Lawn 22 - 30 Old Bath Road Newbury RG14 1QN
Received 13 Jul 2026Micro Focus The Lawn 22 - 30 Old Bath Road Newbury RG14 1QN
Received 13 Jul 2026Brook Cottage Boxford Newbury RG20 8DP
Received 13 Jul 2026Penryth Plantation Close Curridge Thatcham RG18 9DJ
Received 7 Jul 20265 Bruan Road Newbury RG14 7AU
Received 13 Jul 20263 Hungerford Green Aldworth Reading RG8 9RR
Received 10 Jul 2026Aldermaston Court Church Road Aldermaston Reading RG7 4HP
Received 10 Jul 2026111 Andover Road Newbury RG14 6JH
Received 13 Jul 2026Faraday Road Football Ground Faraday Road Newbury RG14 2AD
Received 13 Jul 202614 Down View Park Street Hungerford RG17 0ED
Received 13 Jul 2026Hampstead Norreys Village Hall Newbury Hill Hampstead Norreys Thatcham RG18 0TR
Received 2 Jul 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 13 Jul 2026Unit B Kennetside Newbury RG14 5PX
Received 14 Jul 2026Unit B Kennetside Newbury RG14 5PX
Received 14 Jul 20261 Garrison Meadows Donnington Newbury RG14 3AF
Received 13 Jul 20266 The Gabriels Newbury RG14 6PZ
Received 14 Jul 2026The Cottage Chapel Lane Curridge Thatcham RG18 9DX
Received 10 Jul 2026Pincents Kiln Industrial Park Pincents Kiln Calcot Reading RG31 7SD
Received 14 Jul 202659 Church Street Theale Reading RG7 5BX
Received 14 Jul 2026Units 1 - 3 Markham Centre Station Road Theale Reading RG7 4PE
Received 14 Jul 2026Manor Farmhouse Benham Park Marsh Benham Newbury RG20 8LX
Received 14 Jul 2026Hunters Moon Farm Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LU
Received 14 Jul 202643A Conifer Crest Newbury RG14 6RS
Received 14 Jul 2026Maple Ash Cottage Winterbourne Newbury RG20 8AS
Received 15 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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