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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 dates
1,494Searchable 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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026

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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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  1. Awaiting decision26/01758/ELEC8

    Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to install or keep installed an electric line above ground. Particulars of this proposal relate to the replacement of one (1) electricity wooden pole supporting 11kV (11,000 volt) overhead lines on the Inkpen and Walbury Hills SSSI.

    Street Record Combe Hungerford

    Received 10 Aug 2026
  2. Awaiting decision26/01759/TPW

    T1 - Oak: Crown raise tree overhanging garden of 48 Foxglove Way by approximately 6m and reduce remaining canopy by approximately 2.5m leaving cuts no greater than 50mm. The final finished height would be left at 16m and spread left at 14m.

    The Plantation Floral Way Thatcham

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  3. Awaiting decision26/01760/HOUSE

    Demolition of existing conservatory, single storey rear extension and internal alterations.

    82 Park Lane Thatcham RG18 3PG

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  4. Awaiting decision26/01761/TPW

    T1 - Poplar: Remove limb over hanging garden of 44 Foxglove Way with large wound from fallen limbT2 - Ash: Remove low limb

    The Plantation Floral Way Thatcham

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  5. Awaiting decision26/01762/HOUSE

    Replacement detached study. S73 Application to vary condition 2 (Approved Plans) of approved Reference Number: 25/02300/HOUSE

    Oakhaven Kendrick Road Newbury RG14 6PW

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  6. Unknown26/01763/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 9M Medium Wooden Pole near 6 Mount Close, Newbury, RG14 7QR.

    Street Record Mount Close Newbury

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  7. Decided26/01764/5DAY

    Pollard a failed Horse Chestnut, located within a Conservation Area, to an approximate remaining height of 4 metres.

    Land Adj Kintbury Farm Bridge Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford

    Received 12 Aug 2026
  8. Decided26/01765/5DAY

    Oak - To be reduced again but more heavily as opposed to last time. Reduce to red cut line as per Senior Tree Officer photo of 17th Aug 2026.

    8 Second Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TD

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  9. Awaiting decision26/01766/COND

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 8 ( Building recording) and 12 (CMS) of planning permission 23/01190/FUL

    Hill Farm Boames Lane Enborne Newbury RG20 0JT

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  10. Awaiting decision26/01767/LBC

    Refurbishment of sliding sash windows at the front of the house. Small cellar window to the front of house. Opening up the skylight window above the front door. Repair existing box frames and fit new cills like for like. Replace sashes like for like exactly the same. Reglaze with heritage glass and putty.

    61 Shaw Road Newbury RG14 1HG

    Received 6 Aug 2026
  11. Awaiting decision26/01768/PDNOT

    Notification of Permitted Development works for sewer relining works around Compton village.

    STREET RECORD Compton

    Received 11 Aug 2026
  12. Unknown26/01769/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 9M Light Wooden Pole near Woodberry Cottage, Green Lane, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7BE.

    Street Record Green Lane Pangbourne Reading

    Received 13 Aug 2026
  13. Awaiting decision26/01771/HOUSE

    Proposed two-storey rear extension following demolition of existing utility room, with associated internal alterations. New gable to replace hipped end to side elevation.

    Ashmore Green Farm Stoney Lane Ashmore Green Thatcham RG18 9HD

    Received 14 Aug 2026
  14. Awaiting decision26/01772/HOUSE

    Proposed two storey side and part rear extension, single storey rear extension, revised fenestration, front door position and parking. Demolition of existing attached garage and side roof canopy.

    22 Abbots Road Newbury RG14 7QW

    Received 14 Aug 2026
  15. Awaiting decision26/01773/TPW

    3015 - Ceder, 0544 - Ceder, 3014 - Ceder, 3016 - Ceder, 3017 - Ceder. Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara)The work required is to trim back the hanging branches and to cut back the lower limbs that are breaching the driveway at 9 greenacre place and the close to the roof up to 2m of branch.

    Land Adjacent To 9 Greenacre Place Newbury RG14 7GY

    Received 14 Aug 2026
  16. Awaiting decision26/01774/FULMAJ

    Full planning application for the demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of nine employment units within Use Classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2 and B8, with ancillary offices in Use Class E(g)(i), together with the formation of a new vehicular access from Turnpike Road; provision of internal estate roads, car and cycle parking and service yards; landscaping, ecological mitigation and boundary treatments; acoustic screening; drainage; rooftop photovoltaic panels; and other associated works.

    Quantel Ltd 31 Turnpike Road Newbury RG14 2NX

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  17. Awaiting decision26/01775/CERTP

    Proposed loft conversion.

    21 Millers Grove Calcot Reading RG31 7PH

    Received 14 Aug 2026
  18. Awaiting decision26/01776/HOUSE

    Garage loft conversion including roof alterations, installation of 2 No pitched roof dormers to the front elevation and 2 No pitched roof dormers to the rear elevation to form additional habitable space.

    2 Mortons Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6QQ

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  19. Awaiting decision26/01777/HOUSE

    Demolition of existing rear extensions, replacement with a new single storey extension and adjacent car port. Works to rear garden.

    High View Wantage Road Streatley Reading RG8 9LD

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  20. Awaiting decision26/01779/HOUSE

    First floor roof extension (with dormers) over existing single storey element, to provide additional bedroom accommodation, existing roof extended to form Balcony, together with associated internal layout, elevational amendments and external works.

    Highdown Webbs Lane Beenham Reading RG7 5LH

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  21. Awaiting decision26/01780/HOUSE

    Single-storey rear extension and alterations.

    5 Sherrardmead Shaw Newbury RG14 2DF

    Received 14 Aug 2026
  22. Decided26/01781/TPC

    Bay (T1) Tree to be felled. Tree encroaching on neighbours property, blocking light and growing rapidly - by a third in four years. To be replaced with 4x Malus Everest planted in a line around 6ft from west facing boundary

    Chestnuts 49 Upper End Chaddleworth Newbury RG20 7DY

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  23. Awaiting decision26/01782/ADV

    Application for Consent to Display an Advertisement(s): Proposed new 1 x internally illuminated Box fascia, 2 x Dibond, 3 x Vinyls

    3 Regnum Drive Shaw Newbury RG14 2HF

    Received 17 Aug 2026
  24. Awaiting decision26/01783/TPW

    G1-19 Mixture of oak, ash and hawthorn Cut back to near boundary line leaving a finished radial spread over the guide dogs field of no less than 0.5 metreT1 oak remove lowest horizontal limbs up to 5 metres and reduce remaining crown by 2-3 metres leaving a finished height of no less than 11 metres and a radial spread of no less than 3 metresT2 oak remove lowest horizontal limbs up to 5 metres and reduce remaining crown by 2-3 metres leaving a finished height of no less than 8 metres and a radial spread of no less than 2 metresG2 Ash x 7Suffering from ADB fell all trees to near ground levelG3 Goat willows x 8 Fell to near ground levelReasonAllow light on to new solar panels planning ref 23/01447/FUL

    Land At Hillfields Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading

    Received 17 Aug 2026

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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.

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