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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Savernake Mercedes Benz 123 London Road Newbury RG14 2BX
Received 27 Jul 2026Hill Farm Boames Lane Enborne Newbury RG20 0JT
Received 27 Jul 2026Hill Farm Boames Lane Enborne Newbury RG20 0JT
Received 27 Jul 2026Barn At Beedon Manor Farm Beedon Newbury RG20 8SW
Received 27 Jul 2026High Trees Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
Received 28 Jul 2026Lower Basildon View Reading Road Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9ND
Received 28 Jul 2026Bussockwood Snelsmore Newbury RG14 3BT
Received 28 Jul 2026Bussockwood Snelsmore Newbury RG14 3BT
Received 28 Jul 2026Henwick Manor Farm Henwick Thatcham RG18 9HR
Received 29 Jul 2026Thirtover Place Ashmore Green Road Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9JD
Received 28 Jul 2026Area 2 Land at Membury Airfield Lambourn Woodlands Hungerford RG17 7TJ
Received 28 Jul 20266 Church Farm Barns Aldworth Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RD
Received 29 Jul 2026Highfield House Folly Road Inkpen Hungerford RG17 9QB
Received 29 Jul 2026Land Bounded by Hoad Way and M4 and High Street Theale Reading
Received 29 Jul 2026Richens Sporting Lodge Bath Road Halfway Newbury RG20 8NG
Received 29 Jul 2026Land at Water Lane Greenham Thatcham
Received 29 Jul 2026Woodspeen Manor Woodspeen Newbury RG20 8BT
Received 30 Jul 2026Street Record Ambury Road Aldworth Reading
Received 29 Jul 2026Street Record 1 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 28 Jul 2026Street Record 2 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 28 Jul 2026Street Record 3 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 28 Jul 2026Street Record 4 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 28 Jul 2026Street Record 5 Lambourn Hungerford
Received 28 Jul 20263 Kingsway Terrace Castle Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2LB
Received 30 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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