36 Sela Drive, Shinfield Wokingham, RG2 9YJ Data via plota.co.uk

261887 Approved

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey extension to the dwelling, plus conversion of the detached double garage to habitable accommodation with associated changes to fenestration and erection of an attached outbuilding. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 02:51

Application progress

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Received

10 Aug 2026

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Validated

12 Aug 2026

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Approved

2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 1

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Comments_ElliotJenkins_261887_4820594_20260831_170004.pdf Planning Comments · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). 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.

Survey report ↗

National infrastructure project about 1009 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway

The site is about 1009 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 6 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 9YJ
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 12 Aug 2026
Ward: Shinfield
Parish: Shinfield
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 2 Oct 2026
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How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, about the council's usual 52 days. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.

This one51d

Council52d

UK55d

80%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

644decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref: PP/15106124
Consultation: 12 Aug 2026
Comments by: 3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 7 Oct 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