Liberty House Strand Way Earley Wokingham RG6 4EA Data via plota.co.uk

250148 Withdrawn

Proposal

Full planning permission for the erection of 3no. two storey buildings each comprising of six apartments (18 in total), together with associated ancillary development, hardstanding, landscaping and footpaths Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
22 Jan 2025
✓
Validated
4 Mar 2025
−
Withdrawn
3 Dec 2025

Withdrawn on 3 Dec 2025 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wokingham Planning Committee on 9 Jul 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme would provide well-designed infill housing with 100% affordable homes and acceptable parking and amenity.
  • Residents and the ward member raised concerns about parking, traffic, visibility, safety, construction disruption and the development’s effect on the area.
  • The committee approved the application subject to an employment skills plan, 100% on-site affordable housing and a six-month legal-agreement fallback.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Wokingham's committee minutes of 9 Jul 2025.

Site constraints 3

National infrastructure project about 533 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
The site is about 533 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 Reading 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 14 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
RG6 4EA
Received
22 Jan 2025
Validated
4 Mar 2025
Ward
Hawkedon
Parish
Earley
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
3 Dec 2025
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP-13544891
Consultation
13 Mar 2025
Comments by
10 Apr 2025
Site or press notice
20 Mar 2025
Committee
10 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Jan 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