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Planning appeals in Reading Borough Council

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Reading Borough Council since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 381 planning appeals in Reading Borough Council since 2016, of which 24% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 50 decisions, 29% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 25 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

390

appeals on record since 2016

24%

of decided appeals allowed

25 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 29% allowed

By appeal type

Householder93 decided

37% allowed

Minor180 decided

18% allowed

Major29 decided

34% allowed

Commercial23 decided

30% allowed

Enforcement36 decided

6% allowed

Other23 decided

30% allowed

Not classified6 decided

17% allowed

By procedure

Written representations363 decided

24% allowed

Hearings18 decided

28% allowed

Inquiries9 decided

22% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 38 · 30% allowed 2025 · 53 · 22% allowed 2024 · 37 · 24% allowed 2023 · 21 · 33% allowed 2022 · 30 · 37% allowed 2021 · 23 · 14% allowed 2020 · 33 · 16% allowed 2019 · 45 · 29% allowed 2018 · 44 · 26% allowed 2017 · 46 · 17% allowed 2016 · 20 · 20% allowed

Latest decisions in Reading Borough Council

Allowed19 October 2026· advert6002958
Pavement O/S 201 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 7QA
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal
Allowed19 October 20266002957
Pavement O/S 201 Broad Street, Reading, RG1 7QA
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal
Dismissed19 October 2026· advert6002956
Pavement O/S The Range,, Vastern Road,, Reading, RG1 8AL
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal
Dismissed19 October 20266002955
Pavement O/S The Range,, Vastern Road,, Reading, RG1 8AL
the installation of 1no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal
Dismissed25 September 20266014625
65a Bedford Road, Reading, RG1 7EX
rear elevation dormer extension and internal alterations
Dismissed23 September 2026· minor6007941
Land Between 75 and 99 Star Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5BE
Construction of a terrace of four 3-bedroom 2.5 storey dwellings, parking, and hard and soft landscaping
Dismissed22 September 2026· minor6004809
1029 Oxford Road, Tilehurst, RG31 6TL
Demolition of existing building and erection of new three-storey building containing 2 no. 2-bedroom and 6 no. 1-bedroom flats with 6 parking spaces and associated landscaping
Dismissed4 September 2026· advert6002961
Pavement O/S 5 The Triangle, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4RN
Installation of 1 new BT Street Hub incorporating 2 digital 75" LCD advertisement screens and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal, with express consent for 2 digital 75" LCD display screens on each side of the Street Hub unit
Dismissed4 September 20266002960
Pavement O/S 5 The Triangle, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4RN
Installation of 1 new BT Street Hub incorporating 2 digital 75" LCD advertisement screens and associated BT Phone Kiosk removal
Dismissed25 August 20266008475
4 Prospect Street, Reading, RG1 7YG
Replacement of deteriorated and leaking roof tiles with fibre cement based tiles
Allowed20 August 2026· householder6005740
18 Church Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7AD
the construction of a 1.5-storey side extension and a double-storey rear extension, and the removal of a masonry upstand/short brick wall and replacing it with glass guarding and the regrading of existing garden steps
Dismissed12 August 2026· advert6006025
Russell House, 117-119 Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7UH
retrospective installation of aluminium fascia signage
Allowed10 August 2026· minor6007612
47 Parkside Road, Reading, RG30 2BT
the erection of 2no two-bedroom semi-detached dwellings comprising two storeys, together with on-site car parking, secure cycle parking, refuse storage and landscaping. Vehicular and pedestrian access via Wingrove Road, following the demolition of all struc tures on the Site
Dismissed17 July 2026· advert6009767
69 London Road, Reading, RG1 5BW
erection of an illuminated small format advertising display
Allowed14 July 2026· householder6010473
20 Mallory Avenue, Caversham Park Village, Reading, RG4 6QN
the extension of a 1.8m high fence to enclose an area of residential garden (retrospective)

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.