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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brook House Donnington Newbury RG14 2JT
Received 26 Aug 2026Out Of District Planning Consultation Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council West View Farm Baughurst Road Baughurst Tadley Hampshire
Received 26 Aug 2026Horsecroft Way Tilehurst Reading
Received 26 Aug 2026Lidl Bath Road Calcot Reading RG30 2HB
Received 27 Aug 2026Hodcott Buildings West Ilsley Stables West Ilsley Newbury
Received 26 Aug 2026250 Benham Hill Thatcham RG18 3AH
Received 27 Aug 2026The Cleffon Broad Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading RG7 6QJ
Received 27 Aug 2026Barn West Of The Old Rectory Lower Green Inkpen
Received 26 Aug 2026Scribbens Cottage Reading Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3BL
Received 27 Aug 20266A Victoria Road Mortimer Common Reading RG7 3SE
Received 28 Aug 202617 Barbaras Meadow Tilehurst Reading RG31 6YF
Received 27 Aug 2026Land at Beale Park Estate Lower Basildon Reading
Received 28 Aug 2026Barton Holt Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9SA
Received 27 Aug 2026Old Rectory Garden House Purley Lane Purley On Thames Reading RG8 8AT
Received 28 Aug 2026Redwood Emery Acres Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NY
Received 25 Aug 2026The Well House Pudding Lane Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BY
Received 28 Aug 20263 Blake Road Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9WN
Received 25 Aug 20264 Gables Way Thatcham RG19 4ZB
Received 28 Aug 20261 Mill Lane Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8YP
Received 1 Sept 2026Prospect House Prospect Road Hungerford RG17 0JJ
Received 28 Aug 202639 Stanley Road Newbury RG14 7PB
Received 1 Sept 2026Land East Of Newbury College Monks Lane Newbury
Received 1 Sept 2026Donnington Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2LE
Received 1 Sept 2026Donnington Castle House Castle Lane Donnington Newbury RG14 2LE
Received 1 Sept 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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