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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided26/01609/AGRIC
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: New Agricultural Barn
Land South Of Dunedin Long Lane Cold Ash Thatcham
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01610/HOUSE
Provision of store, shower and WC facility extension to existing detached garage building. S73 application to vary/remove condition 5 (Sustainability Statement) of approved 26/01104/HOUSE.
Lower Basildon View Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9ND
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01611/FULMAJ
Temporary change of use to allow conferences, weddings and events with guest accommodation, alongside existing Medical Park use
Benham Valence House Benham Valence Speen Newbury RG20 8LU
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01612/LBC
Temporary change of use to allow conferences, weddings and events with guest accommodation, alongside existing Medical Park use
Benham Valence House Benham Valence Speen Newbury RG20 8LU
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01614/REG3
Proposal for single storey new build at the Brookfields Specialist SEN School to provide a new two classroom provision. Additional works will include expansion of existing car park to meet on-site parking demands, and refurbishment of existing pupil horticultural space.
Brookfields Special School Sage Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 6SW
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01615/LBC
Replace windows in house with new double glazed versions based on designs to replicate existing windows and use double glazing as approved in attached house no 5.
4 West Ilsley House Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01616/LBC
Upgrading of existing fire alarm system
Basildon Park Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9NR
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01617/HOUSE
Proposed side and rear single storey annex extension.
Jalna London Road Newbury RG14 2BA
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01618/COND
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 4 (Lighting) 7 (EV Charging) Condition 9 (Waste and Recycling) and 10 (Landscaping) of approved 26/00901/FUL
Hillfields Farm Park Wall Lane Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9PE
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01619/FUL
Change of use of an existing area of hardstanding to provide up to 47 self-storage containers (Use Class B8).
Two Acre Dairy Manor Farm Chaddleworth Newbury
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01620/HOUSE
Part two storey rear extension and part one storey rear extension. Existing brickwork and proposed extension to be rendered in white. New solar panels.
Whitehouse Farmhouse Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8QP
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01621/5DAY
Removal of selected beech trees
Little Croft Collaroy Road Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9PG
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01623/CERTP
New insulated roof and walls with internal alterations.
Beechcroft Mill Lane Newbury RG14 5QS
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01624/HOUSE
New glazing and roof to existing conservatory and internal alterations
28 Fallows Road Padworth Reading RG7 4GX
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01627/AGRIC
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: A new building - Agricultural portal framed building for secure storage of agricultural and forestry produce and equipment.
Stable Cottage Long Lane Shaw Newbury RG14 2TE
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01628/HOUSE
Proposed side and rear single and 2 storey extensions and alterations
Springfield Vale View Drive Beech Hill Reading RG7 2BD
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01629/LBC
Retention of unauthorised works: hole made in kitchen wall to outside for cable to exist the building (completed), trench dug across garden to site of charger, erection of charger on shed.
Trewen 10 West Mills Newbury RG14 5HG
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01630/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 9 Metre Medium Wooden Pole outside of 20 Walton Way, Newbury, RG14 2LJ.
Street Record Walton Way Newbury
Received 26 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01631/PACOU
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed:Change of use from offices (Class E) to residential use (Class C3) Proposed dvelopment is to provide for the conversion of the 2nd floor to create two dwelling units.
28 - 29 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DJ
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01632/RESMAJ
Reserved matters application pursuant to hybrid planning permission 22/02754/OUTMAJ for the development of 75 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping, open space (including a LEAP), infrastructure and associated works, seeking approval of layout, landscape, appearance and scale (Phase 4) Not EIA development.
Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01634/COND
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (SuDS) of planning permission 24/02438/FUL
North Farm Stud North Farm North Fawley Wantage OX12 9NJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01635/PACOU
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) - Change of use of the existing building to a single, three bedroom dwellinghouse
Enborne Court Enborne Gate Newbury RG14 6AL
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01636/TPW
T1 - 1x Oak Tree in Aviary Court, which is overhanging the garden of 10 Magpie Way - crown reduce by approximately 2m from the tips to 5 x tertiary branches of the southeast property facing side of the tree, to increase the gap between the tree and the house. Reduce from 14m to 12m in height and from 12m to 8m in width.
Land Adjacent To 2 -8 Magpie Way Tilehurst Reading RG31 4SJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01637/TPC
T1 - Laurel: cut to the ground
6A Donnington Square Newbury RG14 1PJ
Received 27 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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