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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gateway House Radley Hungerford RG17 0PB
Received 5 Aug 2026Stable South Of Danetree Coombe Road Compton Newbury RG20 6RQ
Received 5 Aug 202691 Chilton Way Hungerford RG17 0JF
Received 4 Aug 2026Quackers Day Nursery High Street Chieveley Newbury RG20 8TE
Received 3 Aug 2026Faraday Road Football Ground Faraday Road Newbury RG14 2AD
Received 5 Aug 2026Culverlands House Mans Hill Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BD
Received 5 Aug 2026High Holies Woodland Streatley Reading
Received 4 Aug 2026Brewery Court Theale Reading
Received 5 Aug 202615 Fernhurst Road Calcot Reading RG31 7EA
Received 5 Aug 202620 Mulberry Way Theale Reading RG7 5EQ
Received 5 Aug 2026Unit 1 Fleming Road Newbury RG14 2DE
Received 6 Aug 2026Aldermaston Recycling Refuse Tip Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PG
Received 6 Aug 2026Flat 4 Castle House Old Bath Road Newbury RG14 1QL
Received 27 Jul 20268 Inkpen Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TU
Received 6 Aug 2026Four Oaks Tidmarsh Reading RG8 8ES
Received 6 Aug 202628 Sayers Close Newbury RG14 7UU
Received 7 Aug 2026Micro Focus The Lawn 22 - 30 Old Bath Road Newbury RG14 1QN
Received 7 Aug 2026Rookwood Cottage 30 Stockcross Newbury RG20 8JX
Received 6 Aug 2026Conifer Cottage The Street Aldermaston Reading RG7 4LW
Received 6 Aug 2026The Plantation Floral Way Thatcham
Received 7 Aug 2026The Hollies Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BH
Received 7 Aug 2026Picton Farm The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TL
Received 7 Aug 2026Land East Of Hippo Pools Upper Basildon Reading
Received 7 Aug 2026Land at Forsters Farm Court Aldermaston Reading
Received 7 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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