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Reading
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any RG postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across Reading
- 8planning applications this week
- 171.9pcheapest unleaded, most around 176.9p
- 20hygiene scores this month
- 6,550local businesses listed
- 84food places waiting for a first inspection
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
Loft conversion at 55 HATFORD ROAD, READING
Proposed loft conversion with a flat roof rear dormer
55 HATFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 3JB -
Approved: Rear extension at 17 HILLBROW, READING
Rear extension measuring 4.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.0m, and 2.8m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction of an extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
17 HILLBROW, READING, RG2 8JD
Reading in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
7,009crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£380kmiddle price, 812 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
104applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
20hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Roadworks
58roadworks on now or coming upRoadworks and road closures on now or booked for the next month in every area, and who is doing the digging.
Fuel prices
171.9pcheapest unleadedat Costco Wholesale Reading · most around 176.9p · dearest 179.9p · 27 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
21events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
76street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
98schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
256GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
650charities based in ReadingEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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The full directory6,550 shops, trades and services across Reading, with opening hours, food hygiene ratings and what’s going on nearby.
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What is MeBabber?
A free site that shows what’s changing near any RG postcode in Reading, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
How often is it updated?
Every night. Planning, roadworks, licences, food hygiene and what’s on are checked daily; crime, house prices and school inspections are published monthly and checked weekly.
Does it cost anything?
No. MeBabber is free, needs no account, and the Sunday email is free too, with a one-tap way to stop it.
Why “me babber”?
It’s how Bristolians say “my friend”. MeBabber started in Bristol, just up the road, and now covers Reading too.