Church Lodge, Church Road, Swallowfield Reading, RG7 1TH Data via plota.co.uk

260925 Approved
DemolitionExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Apr 2026
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Validated
29 May 2026
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Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Decision & officer reports 1

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Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. 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.
Local nature reserve about 173 m away: Swallowfield Meadow
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 107 m away: Swallowfield Park; Flood defence about 29 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Priority habitat about 39 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,190,000 in October 2025. Detached house, freehold.

28 October 2025£1,190,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area250 m² (2,691 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (52 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 12 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG7 1TH
Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Parish
Swallowfield
Decision
Approve
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
A Leyland

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 8 days slower than Wokingham's median of 52 for demolitions. Approved, as 96% of demolitions here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
155decided 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

Consultation
29 May 2026
Comments by
19 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
31 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.