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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 dates7,494Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 5,436 approved or refused records
546Refused applications
4,890 approved · 546 refused · 188 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Sept 2023 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made261887
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey extension to the dwelling, plus conversion of the detached double garage to habitable accommodation with associated changes to fenestration and erection of an attached outbuilding.
36 Sela Drive Shinfield Wokingham RG2 9YJ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Valid261888
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 0952/1999, T1 – Tree of Heaven – reduce the lateral branches extending towards the dwelling by up to 3 metres, pruning back to suitable secondary growth points to provide approximately 3 metres clearance from the dwelling, and remove major deadwood.
8 Triumph Close Woodley Wokingham RG5 4AQ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Valid261889
Householder application for the proposed demolition of single storey rear garage, front garage conversion, and erection of new side extension, including raising the roof line to create habitable accommodation, fenestration alterations, and landscaping.
5a Cricket Hill Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3TN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261890
Application for non-material amendment to planning consent 261089 to allow revisions to the drawings for the proposed garage conversion.
31 Fawn Drive Three Mile Cross Wokingham RG7 1WN
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261891
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning permission 252389 dated 14/7/2026. Conditions 10 (Materials) and Condition 16 (Biodiversity).
URS Building Whiteknights Campus Earley RG6 6BW
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261892
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning approval 252302 dated 14.07.2026. Condition 10 relates to materials of external stair cores.
URS Building Whiteknighs Campus Earley RG6 6BW
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Valid261893
Application to vary Conditions 2 & 19 of planning consent 223256 dated 26/09/2024 (as allowed by APP/X0360/W/23/3336000) for the “Demolition of the existing house and erection of a care home development with en-suite wet rooms in a single block on three levels (use class C2) with associated communal facilities, access, parking and landscaping works.” Condition 2 relates to Approved Plans and Condition 19 relates to Vehicle Parking.
Oak Dale Lower Wokingham Road Crowthorne Wokingham RG45 6BX
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261894
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension incorporating four rooflights, alterations to rear and side fenestration and demolition of the existing garage.
31 Kenton Road Earley Wokingham RG6 7LQ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261895
Application for works to protected trees (TPO-1682-2019): T1, T2 and T3 – conifers – fell.
Hillside Brookers Hill Shinfield RG2 7BX
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Valid261897
Full application for the demolition of 1no. existing dwellinghouse and erection of new replacement dwellinghouse, with associated parking.
Brook Farm Barkham Street Barkham Wokingham RG40 4PH
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261898
Prior approval submission for the proposed installation of 265kW of roof mounted PV panels on the Training Ground building.
Bearwood Park Training Ground Mole Road Sindlesham Wokingham RG41 5DB
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261900
Application to vary condition 2 of planning consent 251912 for the proposed erection of 1no. detached dwelling with 2no. carports, front wall and entrance gates and associated landscaping, following demolition of the existing dwelling and outbuildings. Variation is to remove the basement from the approved drawings.
Arkham Asylum Heath Ride Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3QJ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Valid261902
Householder application for a single storey front porch extension and the removal of the garden shed. To be replaced with a garden office.
Hatherley Basingstoke Road Riseley Wokingham RG7 1QS
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261903
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent 251421 dated 22/05/2026. Condition 36 GCN Delivery Partner.
Land At Old Forest Road Wokingham Wokingham RG41 1JA
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261904
Full application for the proposed change of use of amenity land to residential garden including erection of new boundary wall, plus erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of the existing rear conservatory and bay window.
11 Hart Dyke Close Wokingham RG41 2HQ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261905
Householder application for the proposed detached single storey outbuilding.
The Old Church Church Road Farley Hill Wokingham RG7 1TR
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Valid261906
Householder application for the proposed installation of three ground-mounted air-source heat pump units, comprising two units adjacent to the right-hand side of the garage and one unit adjacent to the left-hand side of the garage.
6 Mayfields Sindlesham Wokingham RG41 5BY
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261907
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning approval 251129 dated 05.11.2025. Condition 8 relates to parking management plan.
Sonning Golf Club Duffield Road Woodley Wokingham RG4 6GJ
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261908
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey front and side extension.
18 Budges Road Wokingham RG40 1PJ
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261911
Application for submission of details to comply with condition 3 of listed building consent 260293 dated 20 May 2026. Condition 3 relates to full working details of all windows, doors and related joinery.
37 Rose Street Wokingham RG40 1XS
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Valid261913
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning approval 251233 dated 27.05.2026. Condition 4 relates to habitat management and monitoring plan, 7 to protection of trees. Submission of details pursuant to the mandatory Biodiversity Gain Plan.
Warren Crest Farm Wick Hill Lane Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3PY
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261916
Application for works to protected trees TPO 1849/2022: Group of mixed trees located on land to the rear of 14 Mollison Close – cut back by a minimum of 3 metres.
14 Mollison Close Woodley Wokingham RG5 4XG
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Valid261917
Submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent 232475 dated 25/07/2024. Condition 19 refers to Surface water drainage.
Earley Gate Reading University Of Reading RG6 6EQ
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Determination Made261919
Householder application for the proposed two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
27 The Square Spencers Wood Wokingham RG7 1BS
Received 12 Aug 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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