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Reading Borough Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

Reading Borough Council decided more than 1,300 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 12% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on Reading Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for Reading Borough Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from Reading Borough Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,300
Share refusedof those approved or refused 12%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 7%of more than 310 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 120
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 26%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held more than 150plan adopted 2019

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Reading Borough Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the appeal property and street scene.”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area; • whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupants of the proposed dwelling, with particular regard to…”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issue in this case, therefore, is whether the proposed development should make provision for affordable housing.”

    Allowed, 2023

  • “The main issues are: • Whether or not the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing; and • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on highway safety.”

    Dismissed, 2022

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.