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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697 approved · 77 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thatcham Business Village Colthrop Way Thatcham RG19 4LW
Received 16 Sept 2026The Mallows Beechfield Lane Frilsham Thatcham RG18 9XD
Received 16 Sept 2026Oakdene Andover Drove Wash Water Newbury RG20 0LZ
Received 16 Sept 2026Jakari Bannister Place Brimpton Reading RG7 4TW
Received 16 Sept 202655 Shooters Hill Pangbourne Reading RG8 7EA
Received 16 Sept 2026Field Opposite Windmill Farm Everington Lane Hermitage Thatcham RG18 9UG
Received 16 Sept 20262 Dauntless Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3NZ
Received 17 Sept 202610 Enborne Road Newbury RG14 6AH
Received 16 Sept 2026Aldermaston House Bath Road Woolhampton Reading RG7 5RH
Received 17 Sept 2026Duffles Aldworth Road Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NG
Received 21 Sept 2026Hunters Moon Farm Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LU
Received 21 Sept 2026Hunters Moon Farm Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LU
Received 21 Sept 2026107 Craven Road Newbury RG14 5NN
Received 21 Sept 2026Blacks Lake Track Racing Blacks Lake Paices Hill Aldermaston Reading RG7 4PG
Received 18 Sept 2026History 2 Newbury Racecourse Racecourse Road Newbury
Received 18 Sept 2026Land On Opposite Side Of Road To Church Of St Mary and St Nicholas Aldworth Road Compton Newbury
Received 18 Sept 202610 Thompson Drive Thatcham RG19 4FJ
Received 21 Sept 2026The Old Dairy Site Manor House Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham
Received 21 Sept 20263 Floreat Gardens Newbury RG14 6AW
Received 21 Sept 2026Baytree House Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT
Received 17 Sept 2026The Village Pond Catmore Road West Ilsley Newbury
Received 22 Sept 2026Holland House 47 Greenham Road Newbury RG14 7HY
Received 23 Sept 202620 - 28A Pound Street Newbury
Received 23 Sept 2026Thatcham Garden Centre Bath Road Thatcham RG18 3AN
Received 24 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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