Little Chesters Sandpit Lane, Farley Hill Wokingham, RG7 1XJ Data via plota.co.uk

261946 Approved

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey front extension creating porch, two storey side extension to create habitable accommodation to the first floor following part conversion of existing loft. Insertion of 2no. dormers to the rear elevation plus 1no. balcony. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Validated
24 Aug 2026
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Approved
15 Oct 2026

Approved on 15 Oct 2026 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

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
Registered park or garden about 225 m away: Farley Hall; Inside the Farley Hill built-up area; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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 £570,000 in January 2015. Detached house, freehold.

6 January 2015£570,000

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

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG7 1XJ
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Parish
Swallowfield
Decision
Approve
Decision date
15 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
David Huish

How this decision compares

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

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/14924099
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
15 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
19 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

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