14 Beke Avenue, Shinfield Wokingham, RG2 9UW Data via plota.co.uk

262489 Valid

Proposal

Full application for the proposed change of use of the first floor to 1 no. two bedroom dwelling with associated installation of an external staircase and first floor entrance door, plus installation of a new shopfront and alterations to the existing forecourt to install an access ramp. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 06:31

Application progress

✓

Received

22 Oct 2026

✓

Validated

23 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 18 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Dec 2026 and 27 Dec 2026, from Wokingham's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

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Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF 26.16-113 Proposed Parking Plan Planning Plans · 23 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 4, surveyed

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3; the survey is the definitive reading.

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.

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National infrastructure project about 939 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway

The site is about 939 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Shinfield built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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: RG2 9UW
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Validated: 23 Oct 2026
Ward: Shinfield
Parish: Shinfield
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 5 of the 56-day target. Wokingham usually decides changes of use by day 56.

prediction

Day 551 days to the 56-day target

51%decided within 8 weeks

68%approved

47decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Wokingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Wokingham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP/15313777
Consultation: 23 Oct 2026
Comments by: 13 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 Dec 2026

Wokingham

Planning Authority Score

6.7/10

Good

#73 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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