Land at the junction of Wellington Road and Station Road Wokingham RG40 2AH Data via plota.co.uk

251621 Approved at committee

Approved at planning committee on 14 October 2026, subject to a legal agreement. The council issues its decision notice once the agreement is signed.

Proposal

Full application for the proposed erection of an apartment building comprising 21 residential units, together with associated car and cycle parking, amenity space, landscaping and refuse storage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jul 2025
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Validated
31 Jul 2025
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Committee
14 Oct 2026
Decision notice
Not issued yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 11 Nov 2026; it is now day 468.

The consultation period closed on 10 Dec 2025.

Planning committee

Decided by Wokingham Planning Committee on 14 Oct 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the benefits of 21 social-rent homes and a sustainable brownfield redevelopment outweighed the identified harm.
  • The Town Council and residents raised concerns about the building’s scale, privacy, access, parking and road safety.
  • The committee approved the application subject to obligations and conditions, with refusal authorised if the deed was not completed within six months.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Wokingham's committee minutes of 14 Oct 2026.

Documents 1

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Planning Comments · 12 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; National infrastructure project about 1990 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway; 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 1 November 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
RG40 2AH
Received
8 Jul 2025
Validated
31 Jul 2025
Ward
Emmbrook
Parish
Wokingham
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 468, past the statutory target. 46% of full applications in Wokingham are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 10 Nov 2026.

Day 468377 days past the 91-day target
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-14084839
Consultation
26 Nov 2025
Comments by
10 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
7 Aug 2025
Committee
14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
23 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