Source: Reading Borough Council·Updated daily·Last checked 12 Sept 2026
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596 decisions in the 12 months to August 2026 · fewer than 1% went to committee. Days run from validation to decision, the clock councils report against; Plota live figures.
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Plota holds 944 current planning applications from Reading Borough Council, received since 26 Aug 2025, 320 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 31,275 earlier applications from Reading Borough Council, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at publicregister.reading.gov.uk and checked every day; the last check was on 12 Sept 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
Latest application from Reading: 10 Sept 2026. We check the council's portal daily.