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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Garden Cottage Streatley Reading
Received 19 Aug 2026The Fox and Hounds at Donnington Oxford Road Donnington Newbury RG14 3AP
Received 20 Aug 20266 Blands Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JY
Received 20 Aug 202630 - 31 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DJ
Received 20 Aug 2026Land North Of Badgers Glade Burghfield Common Reading
Received 17 Aug 202614 Rockingham Road Newbury RG14 5PB
Received 20 Aug 202630 - 31 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1DJ
Received 21 Aug 202611 Pound Lane Thatcham RG19 3TG
Received 19 Aug 202610 Weavers Walk Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AL
Received 21 Aug 2026Oaksey House Oxford Street Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8XS
Received 21 Aug 2026Medical Centre Bridge House Bradfield Reading RG7 6BH
Received 20 Aug 2026Cabrills School Lane Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3LB
Received 21 Aug 2026The Brush 3 Fox Close Burghfield Common Reading
Received 21 Aug 2026Chantry House Hill Green Leckhampstead Newbury RG20 8RA
Received 21 Aug 2026Fairchilds Sadgrove Lane Bucklebury Reading RG7 6SA
Received 6 Aug 20262 Brierley Place Tilehurst Reading RG31 6FX
Received 20 Aug 202612 Church Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TR
Received 21 Aug 20262 Townview Fairview Road Hungerford RG17 0BP
Received 20 Aug 2026Pump House East Garston Hungerford RG17 7HU
Received 21 Aug 2026Keyburn Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3PY
Received 21 Aug 2026Electricity Sub Station 31 Turnpike Road Newbury
Received 21 Aug 2026Land Bounded by Hoad Way and M4 and High Street Theale Reading
Received 21 Aug 2026White Hart Inn Hamstead Marshall Newbury RG20 0HW
Received 24 Aug 2026The White House Curridge Road Curridge Thatcham RG18 9ED
Received 21 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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