Sonning House Pearson Road, Sonning Wokingham, RG4 6UL Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension and a first floor rear extension, addition of 3 no. dormer windows, a balcony and external staircase, a pitched roof over the existing garage, changes to fenestration and modifications to roof plus new front railings and gate and associated landscaping to facilitate conversion of Sonning House and Weavers Cottage into one single dwelling, following removal of the existing single storey side lobby, rear bay window and front boundary wall; installation of a swimming pool and erection of an associated pool house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Validated
14 Jul 2026
Received
15 Jul 2026
Approved
2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

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
Inside the Sonning built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, 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. 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
RG4 6UL
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Thames
Parish
Sonning
Decision
Approve
Decision date
2 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, about the council's usual 50 days. Approved, as 95% of demolitions here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
42decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP/15025654
Consultation
14 Jul 2026
Comments by
13 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 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