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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bayford House Stockcross Newbury RG20 8LB
Received 7 Aug 202615 Huckleberry Close Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8EH
Received 7 Aug 2026Butlers Farm Barn Back Lane Beenham Reading RG7 5NG
Received 10 Aug 2026Birches Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HQ
Received 10 Aug 20267 Sherrardmead Shaw Newbury RG14 2DF
Received 10 Aug 2026Orchard House Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7DY
Received 10 Aug 20262 Four Cottages Beechfield Lane Frilsham Thatcham RG18 9XD
Received 10 Aug 202614 May Park Calcot Reading RG31 7RU
Received 10 Aug 2026Street Record Orchard Close Newbury
Received 8 Aug 202610 Chestnut Close Theale Reading RG7 5DF
Received 5 Aug 2026Unit 10 Avon Park Colthrop Lane Thatcham RG19 4AJ
Received 11 Aug 202680 Roundfield Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6RB
Received 11 Aug 2026Unit 10 Avon Park Colthrop Lane Thatcham RG19 4AJ
Received 11 Aug 20263 - 4 Church Lane Hungerford RG17 0HX
Received 10 Aug 2026Ingleside Hopgoods Green Bucklebury Reading RG7 6SY
Received 10 Aug 2026Youngs Industrial Estate Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PW
Received 11 Aug 2026Fairchilds Sadgrove Lane Bucklebury Reading RG7 6SA
Received 6 Aug 20262 Blagrave Rise Tilehurst Reading RG31 4SF
Received 11 Aug 2026Windmill Court Windmill Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3RL
Received 12 Aug 2026Strawberry Farm Burghfield Road Tadley RG26 4QZ
Received 12 Aug 20262 West End Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3SY
Received 12 Aug 2026Roman Well House 127 Bath Road Thatcham RG18 3BH
Received 12 Aug 202610 Stanley Road Newbury RG14 7PB
Received 12 Aug 2026235 Andover Road Newbury RG14 6NG
Received 6 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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