Town Hall, The Courtyard Market Place, Wokingham Wokingham, RG40 1AS Data via plota.co.uk

261134 Approved

Proposal

Application for Listed Building consent for the proposed installation of two roof-mounted air source heat pump condenser units and associated plant, together with the erection of a roof-level fall- prevention guardrail at The Courtyard, Town Hall, Market Place, Wokingham. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Validated
1 Jul 2026
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Approved
30 Sept 2026

Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

33 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Town Hall, Grade II*, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II*, 30 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Inside the Wokingham built-up area; Air quality management area about 13 m away: Wokingham Town Centre.
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 £131,000 in April 2025. Other property, leasehold.

24 April 2025£131,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG40 1AS
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
1 Jul 2026
Ward
Wescott
Parish
Wokingham
Decision
Approve
Decision date
30 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 91 days from validation, 37 days slower than Wokingham's median of 54 for listed building works. Approved, as 95% of listed building works here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
41decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP/14844363
Consultation
2 Jul 2026
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
1 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.

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.