St Paul's C Of E Junior School Oxford Road Wokingham RG41 2YJ Data via plota.co.uk

260425 Approved

Proposal

Full Application for the proposed single storey SEND resource base and 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
20 Mar 2026
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Committee
10 Jun 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 10 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because SEND benefits outweighed the playing-field policy conflict and Sport England’s objection, subject to conditions and referral.
  • The supporting speaker highlighted local SEND need, while councillors and officers discussed playing fields, access, parking and referral.
  • The committee approved the application subject to conditions, an additional carbon-reduction condition and referral to the Secretary of State.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Wokingham's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

Local nature reserve about 270 m away: Holt Copse & Joel Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Inside the Wokingham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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
RG41 2YJ
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
20 Mar 2026
Ward
Emmbrook
Parish
Wokingham
Decision
Approve
Decision date
18 Jun 2026
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 90 days from validation, 10 days faster 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
27 Mar 2026
Comments by
30 Apr 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

Freehold owner: 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.