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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coach House High Street Streatley Reading RG8 9HY
Received 30 Jul 2026Grounds Of Shaw House Church Road Shaw Newbury
Received 30 Jul 2026The Laurels Auclum Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DA
Received 3 Aug 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 31 Jul 20261 Briants Piece Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9SX
Received 31 Jul 2026Pierces Farm Goodboys Lane Mortimer Reading RG7 3AH
Received 31 Jul 2026Claremont House Bethesda Street Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NT
Received 3 Aug 202619 Glebe Road Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8DP
Received 3 Aug 202625 Remembrance Road Newbury RG14 6AY
Received 3 Aug 202635 Chaucer Crescent Newbury RG14 1TP
Received 3 Aug 2026Carpetright London Road Newbury RG14 2BP
Received 3 Aug 2026Out Of District Planning Consultation Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Land North Of Knightsbridge Lodge Newbury Road Headley Hampshire RG19 8JZ
Received 30 Jul 2026Chieveley House High Street Chieveley Newbury RG20 8UR
Received 3 Aug 20262 Wash Common Farm Cottages Enborne Street Newbury RG14 6RB
Received 3 Aug 20262 Coombe Barns Crookham Common Road Crookham Common Thatcham RG19 8BP
Received 3 Aug 2026Oak Perridge Thornford Road Crookham Common Thatcham RG19 8EN
Received 5 Aug 2026The Bolt Hole Hollybush Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JS
Received 30 Jul 202622 - 24 Bartholomew Street Newbury
Received 5 Aug 2026206 Benham Hill Thatcham RG18 3HL
Received 4 Aug 2026Land At Nabbs Hill Close Tilehurst Reading
Received 4 Aug 2026Thatcham Business Village Colthrop Way Thatcham RG19 4LW
Received 4 Aug 202619 Reading Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7LR
Received 4 Aug 2026Nightingales Mill Lane Tidmarsh Reading RG8 8EB
Received 4 Aug 2026Ingle Spring Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LX
Received 5 Aug 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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