Former Bearwood Golf Course Mole Road, Wokingham, RG41 5DB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment to planning permission dated 20 July 2015 for the redevelopment of Former Bearwood Golf Course to allow the dismantling and rebuilding of existing boundary walls serving Units 6, 7 and 8 and Units 15, 16 and 17 at the former Sawmill Site in the same approved locations using salvaged and matching materials. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
24 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
19 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 19 Aug 2026 · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Registered park or garden about 38 m away: Bearwood College
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 38 m away: Bearwood College; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Sindlesham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
RG41 5DB
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Barkham & Arborfield
Parish
Arborfield and Newland
Decision
Refused
Decision date
19 Aug 2026

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP/14965991
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2026
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