35 Lenham Drive, Arborfield, RG2 9SU Data via plota.co.uk

261761 Valid

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed conversion of the garage to habitable accommodation with associated changes to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 09:49

Application progress

✓

Received

28 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

16 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 11 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Dec 2026, from Wokingham's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 9 Nov 2026

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Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plans & Elevations Planning Plans · 16 Oct 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

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

Local nature reserve about 405 m away: Longmoor Bog; SSSI about 402 m away: Longmoor Bog SSSI.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 20 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.

Building

Floor area109 m² (1,173 sq ft)

Energy ratingA (92 out of 100)

PropertyDetached house

Built2023

HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas

WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.2 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2026, 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: RG2 9SU
Received: 28 Jul 2026
Validated: 16 Oct 2026
Ward: Barkham & Arborfield
Parish: Barkham
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 12 of the 56-day target. Wokingham usually decides extensions by day 52.

prediction

Day 1244 days to the 56-day target

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/15112750
Consultation: 19 Oct 2026
Comments by: 9 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Dec 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

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.