2a Century Drive, Spencers Wood Wokingham, RG7 1PE Data via plota.co.uk

261756 Approved

Proposal

Householder application for the conversion of part of the existing double garage to habitable accommodation, including the replacement of one front garage door and the rear external door with windows. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
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Validated
4 Aug 2026
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Approved
22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1781 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway; Inside the Spencers Wood 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £600,000 in August 2019. Other property, freehold.

30 August 2019£600,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area168 m² (1,808 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (60 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1996 to 2002
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsTimber frame, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2019, 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 1PE
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
4 Aug 2026
Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Parish
Shinfield
Decision
Approve
Decision date
22 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 49 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

Consultation
5 Aug 2026
Comments by
26 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
29 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

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.