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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.
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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 dates6,528Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 4,768 approved or refused records
467Refused applications
4,301 approved · 467 refused · 156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2024 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made260065
Application for the prior approval of the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3m, for which the maximum height would be 3.5m and the height of the eaves 2.45m. Additional single storey side extension, which would extend the rear wall by 2.22m, for which the maximum height would be 2.75m and the height of the eaves 2.47m.
45 Buccaneer Close Woodley Wokingham RG5 4XP
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260066
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
2 Yeoman Court Wokingham RG40 1EY
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260067
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed garage conversion to create habitable accommodation along with changes to fenestration.
1 Loxwood Earley Wokingham RG6 5QZ
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260068
Full application for the change of use of the land to facilitate erection of an outbuilding for temporary on-site accommodation during reconstruction of main dwelling, thereafter ancillary accommodation. (part-retrospective)
Arkham Asylum Heath Ride Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3QJ
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260069
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning consent 230422 (allowed under appeal ref APP/X0360/W/24/3340006 dated 19/07/2024). Condition 3 relates to a construction method statement; 4 to an exceedance flow routing plan; 5 to tree protection; 6 to archaeology; 7 to external materials; 8 to foul sewerage disposal, and 17 to solar panels and heat pumps.
Land West of Trowes Lane and North of Charlton Lane Swallowfield
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260070
Application for a certificate of existing lawful development for the use of land and buildings as a single residential dwellinghouse (Use Class C3).
Secundus Wargrave Road Remenham Wokingham RG9 3JD
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260072
Application for non-material amendment to planning consent (251286) to allow changes to fenestration including rooflights (part- retrospective).
28 Beech Lane Earley Wokingham RG6 5PT
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260075
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 306/1986, T8 T8, Red Oak – Fell and replace.
5 Villiers Mead Wokingham RG41 2UB
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260076
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of existing loft to create habitable accommodation, to include 2no. dormers to the rear and side elevations.
53 Havelock Road Wokingham RG41 2XU
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260077
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning approval 220312 dated 09.05.2022. Condition 5 relates to biodiversity enhancements.
Five Guys Reading Road Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5HG
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260078
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning approval 240795 dated 29.10.2024. Condition 5 relates to biodiversity enhancements.
Five Guys Reading Road Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5HG
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260079
SECTION 211 NOTIFICATION FOR WORKS IN A CONSERVATION AREA T1, Lawson Cypress (ID 16802) – Section fell.
Wokingham Borough Council Shute End Wokingham RG40 1BN
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260080
Householder application for proposed loft conversion featuring a new dormer with 5no. rooflights and new rear facing second floor window.
19 Twycross Road Wokingham RG40 5PE
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260081
Application for Listed Building consent for the proposed erection of single storey side extensions, a single storey rear extension with canopy, replacement of an existing rear box dormer with a gabled roof form, associated fenestration changes and internal alterations, and the demolition of an existing chimney stack.
18 Primrose Lane Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5UR
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260082
Householder application for the proposed erection of single storey side extensions, a single storey rear extension with canopy, replacement of an existing rear box dormer with a gabled roof form, associated fenestration changes and the demolition of an existing chimney stack.
18 Primrose Lane Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5UR
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260083
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension with roof lights and changes to fenestration.
17 Goodchild Road Wokingham RG40 2EN
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260086
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 1883/2022, AREA 1 T2, Grey Poplar - Fell. T42, Grey Poplar – Fell.
Land at St Bartholomew's Church Church Lane Arborfield Wokingham RG2 9HZ
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260087
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 1436/2012, AREA 1 T31, Oak (ID 016804) – Fell and grind out stump to below ground level.
Land adjacent to Old Forest Road Wokingham RG41 1QW
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260089
Householder application for the proposed erection of a two storey front extension, front porch, part garage conversion to facilitate habitable accommodation with changes to fenestration, two storey side extension and loft conversion to facilitate habitable accommodation including installation of roof lights and rear dormers.
10 South Close Wokingham RG40 2DJ
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260091
Full application for the change of use of an existing housing manager’s flat to an age-restricted dwelling (Use Class C3)
36 Magnolia Court Headley Road East Woodley Wokingham RG5 4SD
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Valid260092
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 674/1994, T37 T1, Oak (T37 on TPO) – Tip reduce lower canopy to give 2m clearance over garage of no. 12 Booth Drive.
12 Booth Drive Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4HL
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260093
Application for works to Protected Trees – TPO 672/1994 T5, Ash – Fell.
65 Hilmanton Earley Wokingham RG6 4HN
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260094
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent (250819) dated 31/3/2025. Condition 6 (Landscape Management Plan), 10 (EV Charging), 11 (Air Source Heat Pumps), 12 (Noise Impact Assessment) and 13 (WW2 Pill Box) – Parcel 13.
Finchwood Park Sheerlands Road Arborfield Wokingham RG40 4QY
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Determination Made260095
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREES TPO-0743/1995 and 1670/2019 T006, Lime - Reduce regrowth back to main stem and continue to manage tree as a low pollard. T002, Lime - Remove epicormic shoots, crown lift to 5m over road and access to 144 Wargrave Road Cut back branch tips to create 1m canopy clearance to phone line. T003, Lime - Reduce low lateral branches on North side of trunk back up to 2m to previous reduction points, sever ivy, remove epicormic growth. T009, Lime - Sever ivy and remove epicormic growth on lower trunk to a height of 5m. Reduce overextended branches over neighbouring residential property by 3-4m to reduce exposure. T010, Lime - Cut back low limb over garden of 144 Wargrave Road by 3m to suitable reduction points in order to leave a natural looking canopy outline. T011, Lime - Remove epicormic growth to a height of 6m above ground level. Reduce lateral spread of northern crown over garden of 144 Wargrave Road to reduce overbearing. T012, Lime - Remove epicormic growth and crown lift to create 5m canopy clearance above ground level. Reduce lateral spread of northern crown over garden of 144 Wargrave Road. T014, Lime - Remove epicormic growth off base and lower trunk as required to height of 5m above ground level. T013, Lime - Crown lift to create 5m canopy clearance above ground level.
144 Wargrave Road Twyford Wokingham RG10 9PN
Received 15 Jan 2026
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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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