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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 - 28A Pound Street Newbury
Received 17 Aug 20264 Kew Cottages Buckingham Road Newbury RG14 6DG
Received 17 Aug 202611 Blagrave Rise Tilehurst Reading RG31 4SF
Received 18 Aug 2026Street Record Walton Way Newbury
Received 17 Aug 2026Land To The Rear Of 1 - 15 The Broadway Newbury
Received 18 Aug 20261 Kingsland Centre Thatcham RG19 3HN
Received 18 Aug 20261 Kingsland Centre Thatcham RG19 3HN
Received 18 Aug 2026Glebe Cottage Aldworth Reading RG8 9SB
Received 18 Aug 202681 - 82 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AE
Received 17 Aug 2026Church Farm Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9NH
Received 17 Aug 202619 Lambourn Place Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XZ
Received 13 Aug 2026White Hart House 4 White Hart Yard High Street Streatley Reading RG8 9JE
Received 13 Aug 202611 Kingsland Grange Newbury RG14 6LH
Received 18 Aug 2026Vestlia Lodge Riverview Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AU
Received 18 Aug 2026Berkeley House Riverview Road Pangbourne Reading RG8 7AU
Received 19 Aug 20263 Manor Place Speen Newbury RG14 1RB
Received 14 Aug 2026Donnington Priory Oxford Road Donnington Newbury RG14 2JE
Received 20 Aug 2026Donnington Priory Oxford Road Donnington Newbury RG14 2JE
Received 20 Aug 20269 Clay Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 5QB
Received 20 Aug 2026114 Andover Road Newbury RG14 6NA
Received 17 Aug 2026Thane Cottage Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TH
Received 17 Aug 2026Holtwood Farmhouse Hamstead Marshall Newbury RG20 0JH
Received 11 Aug 2026Out Of District Reading Borough Council Reading Sewage Treatment Works Island Road Reading RG2 0RP
Received 18 Aug 2026Savernake Mercedes Benz 123 London Road Newbury RG14 2BX
Received 20 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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