Ladds Garden Village Bath Road Hare Hatch Wokingham RG10 9SB Data via plota.co.uk

252257 Approved

Proposal

Full application for the proposed erection of 19no. dwellings with associated landscaping and access following demolition of existing buildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Sept 2025
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Validated
3 Oct 2025
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Wokingham Planning Committee on 20 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the redevelopment would reuse a previously developed site without substantial Green Belt openness harm.
  • Supporters welcomed the homes and improvements, while an objector raised concerns about Scarletts Lane, building height, rural character and lighting.
  • The committee approved the application subject to conditions and a legal agreement, with refusal authorised if the agreement is not completed.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, public views, speakers, committee debate and decision.

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

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Horse and Groom, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 2 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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Hare Hatch built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
RG10 9SB
Received
22 Sept 2025
Validated
3 Oct 2025
Ward
Thames
Parish
Wargrave
Decision
Approve
Decision date
25 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 357 days from validation, 257 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

Planning Portal ref
PP/14087295
Consultation
2 Feb 2026
Comments by
20 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
16 Oct 2025
Committee
20 May 2026
Statutory expiry
25 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