Parcels 11 and 12, Finchwood Park Sheerlands Road Arborfield Wokingham RG40 4QY Data via plota.co.uk

251170 Approved

Proposal

Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning consent dated 14/11/2018. Condition 17 relates to an Arboricultural Impact Assessment; 19 to tree protection; 20 to ground levels; 21 to a Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP); 23 to hedgerows; 24 to bats; 26 to reptiles; 28 to ecological permeability; 30 to non-native invasive species; 35 to car parking; 36 to bicycle parking; 39 to a Walking, Cycling and Equine Strategy; 49 to low and zero carbon technologies; 50 to lifetime homes; 51 to other sustainability matters; 52 to water consumption; 53 to refuse and recycling storage; 61 to archaeological investigations, and 65 to SANG access, and the application is for a part discharge of these conditions relating to Parcels 11 and 12 only. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 May 2025
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Approved
18 Dec 2025

Approved on 18 Dec 2025 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Associated applications 16

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG40 4QY
Received
16 May 2025
Validated
16 May 2025
Ward
Barkham & Arborfield
Parish
Finchampstead
Decision
Approve
Decision date
18 Dec 2025
Agent
Grace Edwards

How this decision compares

Decided in 216 days from validation, 116 days slower than Wokingham's median of 100 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

6%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
101decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Wokingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Wokingham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 May 2025
Comments by
10 Jun 2025
Wokingham
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#73 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wokingham ranks #111 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wokingham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #48 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #66 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #111 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #116 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
43 decided
1,142
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026