Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wokingham Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,890 approved · 546 refused · 188 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
91 Finchampstead Road Wokingham RG41 2PE
Received 12 Aug 2026Land West of Trowes Lane and North of Charlton Lane Swallowfield
Received 13 Aug 2026Westwood Cottage Office And Store At" Sheerlands Road RG40 4QX
Received 13 Aug 2026Wokingham Borough Council Shute End Wokingham RG40 1BN
Received 13 Aug 2026The Coppers Penny Lane Wargrave Wokingham RG10 8PB
Received 13 Aug 202648 Crail Close Wokingham RG41 2PZ
Received 13 Aug 20269 Sundew Close Wokingham RG40 5YB
Received 13 Aug 202619 Foxborough Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1RW
Received 13 Aug 2026Arborfield Green District Centre Arborfield Green Arborfield
Received 14 Aug 202625 Kelsey Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4TZ
Received 13 Aug 2026Mill House Hotel Basingstoke Road Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1PY
Received 14 Aug 202640 Linkway Crowthorne Wokingham RG45 6ES
Received 14 Aug 2026Land East Of Highfield Park Eversley Road Reading RG2 9PP
Received 14 Aug 2026Burleigh Heath Ride Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 3QE
Received 14 Aug 2026Clay Court Crazies Hill Wargrave Wokingham RG10 8LY
Received 14 Aug 2026Annexe Rosery Cottage Evendons Lane RG41 4DX
Received 14 Aug 2026Arborfield Garrison & Adjoining Land Arborfield Reading
Received 14 Aug 202650 Hilltop Road Earley Wokingham RG6 1DA
Received 15 Aug 202637 Parkway Crowthorne Wokingham RG45 6EP
Received 15 Aug 2026Newlyn Shinfield Road Shinfield RG2 9BE
Received 17 Aug 2026Little Chesters Sandpit Lane Farley Hill Wokingham RG7 1XJ
Received 17 Aug 20262 Shepherds House Lane Earley Wokingham RG6 1AD
Received 17 Aug 2026Land to rear of Huckleberry Waingels Road Charvil RG10 0UA
Received 17 Aug 202668 Arbor Lane Winnersh Wokingham RG41 5JD
Received 17 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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