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Tob1 Earley Gate Whiteknights Campus University of Reading

232475FullApproved

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Approve

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full planning application for the erection of the headquarters building of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) with access parking and landscaping, following demolition of existing buildings.

Received
4 October 2023
Ward
Hillside
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 295 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Tob1 Earley Gate Whiteknights Campus University of Reading. Wokingham has handled 3,863 applications of this type. This one was decided in 295 days, 34 weeks longer than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Hillside. We hold 694 applications in total for the RG6 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Wokingham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG6 6EQ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Earley

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Consultation expiry
9 November 2023
Consultation start
9 October 2023
Consultation end
9 November 2023
Committee meeting
14 February 2024
Application expires
29 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Blade Abbey Square Reading RG1 3BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
299 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 November 2023

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12386748
Documents
80

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wokingham

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