Bearwood Park Training Ground Mole Road, Sindlesham Wokingham, RG41 5DB Data via plota.co.uk

261898 Approved

Proposal

Prior approval submission for the proposed installation of 265kW of roof mounted PV panels on the Training Ground building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Validated
18 Aug 2026
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Last checked 27 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Registered park or garden about 38 m away: Bearwood College
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project about 798 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
The site is about 798 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 38 m away: Bearwood College; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Sindlesham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, 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
RG41 5DB
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Barkham & Arborfield
Parish
Arborfield and Newland
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, about the council's usual 40 days. Approved, as 95% of prior approvals here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
64decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Wokingham in the last twelve months, from validation. Wokingham decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
19 Aug 2026
Comments by
13 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
13 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