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251421 Approved

Proposal

Full application for erection of 53 no. dwellings with associated landscaping, parking, drainage, open space and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 19 Oct 2026, 07:48

Application progress

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Received

13 Jun 2025

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Validated

20 Jun 2025

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Approved

22 May 2026

Approved on 22 May 2026 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wokingham Planning Committee on 11 Mar 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the housing, affordable homes, sustainability and infrastructure benefits outweighed the identified harms.
The town council, a residents’ representative and a ward member objected mainly to access, highways, trees and overlooking.
The committee approved the application subject to conditions, informatives and an amended condition 27.

Read how the committee decided The officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public speakers, committee debate, vote and approval reasons.

Source: Plota analysis of Wokingham's committee minutes of 11 Mar 2026.

Documents 1

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Comments_RodneyNeeds_251421_4791264_20260522_204003.pdf Planning Comments · 23 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

National infrastructure project about 298 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway

The site is about 298 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 Wokingham 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 17 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
Received: 13 Jun 2025
Validated: 20 Jun 2025
Ward: Winnersh
Parish: Winnersh
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 22 May 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 336 days from validation, 236 days slower than Wokingham's median of 100 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

This one336d

Council100d

UK56d

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

Planning Portal ref: PP-13969053
Consultation: 29 Jan 2026
Comments by: 19 Feb 2026
Site or press notice: 3 Jul 2025
Committee: 11 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 May 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