Bulmershe School Chequers Way Woodley Berkshire RG2 9XA Data via plota.co.uk

260423 Approved
Schools, care & community

Proposal

Full application for the proposed erection of 1 no. detached single storey building to form a new SEND unit with associated landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Feb 2026
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Validated
4 Mar 2026
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Committee
20 May 2026
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Approved
18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wokingham Planning Committee on 20 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the unit would provide needed specialist education without unacceptable effects on the area, neighbours, parking, trees or ecology.
  • The council’s speaker said the borough lacked provision and that parents and families supported local specialist education.
  • The committee approved the application subject to conditions and informatives, with condition 8 amended.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation, speakers, debate, vote and approved conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Wokingham's committee minutes of 20 May 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

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 Arborfield built-up area; Priority habitat about 30 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 26 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG2 9XA
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
4 Mar 2026
Ward
Bulmershe & Coronation
Parish
Woodley
Decision
Approve
Decision date
18 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 106 days from validation, 6 days slower than Wokingham's median of 100 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.

6%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
101decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
4 Mar 2026
Comments by
25 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Decided
Bulmershe School Chequers Way Woodley RG2 9XA
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182601
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