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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pine Croft St Catherines Hill Mortimer Reading RG7 3UT
Received 24 Aug 2026Land at Collaroy Glen Cold Ash Thatcham
Received 20 Aug 20262 First Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TB
Received 17 Aug 202623 Fifth Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TH
Received 17 Aug 202629 Second Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TD
Received 17 Aug 202634 Seventh Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TL
Received 17 Aug 20261 Second Avenue Garston Park Tilehurst Reading RG31 4TD
Received 17 Aug 2026Aldermaston Park Aldermaston Reading
Received 20 Aug 2026Thames Cottage 16 Shooters Hill Pangbourne Reading RG8 7DX
Received 25 Aug 2026Land Adjacent To 111 Little Heath Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5TQ
Received 24 Aug 2026163 Chapel Hill Tilehurst Reading RG31 5DE
Received 24 Aug 2026Occam Farm Wantage Road Leckhampstead Newbury RG20 8QT
Received 20 Aug 2026Cobbs Farm Shop Bath Road Hungerford RG17 0SP
Received 25 Aug 20261 Flintjack Place Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8NX
Received 25 Aug 2026Idyllwild St Marys Paddock The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9JX
Received 25 Aug 202619 Lovatt Close Tilehurst Reading RG31 5HG
Received 25 Aug 2026Telecommunications Mast Everington Lane Hermitage Thatcham
Received 21 Aug 202643 Wintringham Way Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8BH
Received 25 Aug 202685 Newtown Road Newbury RG14 7DD
Received 25 Aug 2026Hunters Moon Farm Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LU
Received 25 Aug 202611 Heron Way Aldermaston Reading RG7 4UU
Received 26 Aug 2026Hunters Moon Farm Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LU
Received 25 Aug 2026Hide House Hill Green Leckhampstead Newbury RG20 8RB
Received 25 Aug 2026Kennet House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2LD
Received 26 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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