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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
Wokingham Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wokingham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,851Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 4,222 approved or refused records
403Refused applications
3,819 approved · 403 refused · 134 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning policy and developer contributionsPre-application advice Find out about pre-application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings, heritage and conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesdevelopment.control@wokingham.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiries01189746000Council source
- General council enquiries0800212111Council source
- General council enquiries01344351999Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areasNo boundary records available in this collection
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Determination Made242716
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent 232995 dated 05/09/2024. Condition 16 relates to a landscape management plan.
Land South Of Cutbush Lane East Shinfield
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242717
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning consent 232995 dated 05/09/2024. Condition 5 relates to haul road details; 6 to a signage audit and access strategy; 8 to road and footway construction details, and 9 to accesses.
Land South Of Cutbush Lane East Shinfield
Received 25 Oct 2024 - AppealDetermined242718
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 3/1951, WOODLAND 3 T1, Leyland Cypress – Fell to ground level.
17 Bideford Close Woodley Wokingham RG5 3SE
Received 25 Oct 2024 - AppealDetermined242719
Application to vary conditions 2 and 8 of planning consent 240665 for the proposed erection of 1 no. four bedroom detached dwelling with associated landscaping following demolition of the existing dwelling and garage. Condition 2 refers to the approved details and condition 8 to landscaping, and the variation is to change the siting of the approved dwelling with accompanying landscape plan, plus a change to fenestration.
178 Bearwood Road Barkham Wokingham RG41 4SH
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242720
Full application for the proposed demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new two-storey dwelling with roof accommodation, along with associated outbuilding, access gates and boundary wall.
11 Old Bath Road Sonning Wokingham RG4 6SZ
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242721
Householder application for the proposed erection of a two storey side extension and changes to fenestration following the demolition of the existing single storey side extension.
Jouldings Farm Jouldings Lane Farley Hill Wokingham RG7 1UR
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242722
Householder application for the proposed single storey rear extension, conversion of the garage and loft, and the insertion of 2 no. roof lights and 3 no. dormers.
Rogate Heath Ride Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3QE
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242723
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of the existing conservatory, plus changes to fenestration and removal of a flue.
10 Fawcett Crescent Woodley Wokingham RG5 3HU
Received 26 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242724
Householder application for the proposed erection of an outbuilding and boundary wall.
2 Strathmore Drive Charvil Wokingham RG10 9QT
Received 26 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242725
Application for Listed Building Consent to include: refitting of existing shopfittings and floor coverings, repair of existing walls, erection of stud wall at rear of the shop to provide storage, repair and repainting of timber shopfront, installation of new non- illuminated sign to the front fascia, covering of side windows with vinyl product displays, alterations to existing internal lighting.
1-2 Bush Walk Wokingham Wokingham RG40 1AT
Received 26 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242726
Householder application for the proposed single storey front extension and two storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory.
15 Gorrick Square Wokingham Wokingham RG41 2PB
Received 26 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242727
Full application for the proposed erection of 1 no. three bedroom detached dwelling with associated parking, landscaping and front boundary wall following demolition of the existing detached garage.
Land to rear of 12 Shepherds Hill Woodley Wokingham RG6 1BB
Received 27 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242728
Householder application for a single storey rear extension with roof light and conversion of existing pitched roof to flat.
11 Weaver Avenue Arborfield Wokingham RG2 9TR
Received 27 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242729
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed hip to gable extension and installation of rooflights and a rear dormer to facilitate conversion of the loft to habitable accommodation.
40 East Park Farm Drive Charvil Wokingham RG10 9UL
Received 27 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242730
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 90/1975, AREA 2 T1, Oak – Remove 1 no. major limb from east side of tree back to appropriate collar cut.
61 Ashdale Park Crowthorne Wokingham RG40 3QS
Received 27 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242733
Householder application for the proposed part raising and modification of the roof to create additional first floor accommodation, plus the erection of a front porch and single storey rear extension, and changes to fenestration (part retrospective).
Fairlea Garde Road Sonning Reading RG4 6XJ
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242735
Householder application for the erection of a single storey front extension to form porch (part-retrospective).
1 Comet Way Woodley Wokingham RG5 4NZ
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242737
Prior approval submission for proposed change of use from agricultural land to a flexible use consisting of vehicle repairs and storage.
Misting Meadows Park Lane Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4PT
Received 25 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242738
Householder application for a proposed single-storey rear extension, single-storey front extension and part single, part two-storey side extension following removal of the existing garage.
29 Meadow Road Wokingham RG41 2TE
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242739
Householder application for the demolition of existing outbuilding and rear extension. Proposed single storey rear and side extension with rooflights, plus installation of roof over existing front steps. Addition of first floor bay window on frontal elevation. Addition of rear first floor balcony. Alongside associated changes to fenestration and internal works.
15 Oxford Road Wokingham RG41 2YE
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242742
Householder application for the proposed part single, part first- floor side/rear extension including part demolition of existing garage.
16 Copse Drive Wokingham RG41 1LX
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242743
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of the loft, and the insertion of 1 no. dormer and 2 no. roof lights.
16 Copse Drive Wokingham RG41 1LX
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242744
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent O/2014/2280 (140977) dated 02/04/2015. Part discharge of condition 10 - relates to materials for two electricity substations within the District Centre only.
Arborfield Garrison & Adjoining Land Arborfield Reading
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Determination Made242745
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of Listed Building consent 223176 dated 28/04/2023. Condition 6 relates to insulation and flooring details and condition 7 to an underfloor heating method statement.
Sussex Lodge Sussex Lane Spencers Wood Wokingham RG7 1BY
Received 28 Oct 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wokingham Borough 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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