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Land North Of Sheepbridge Court Farm Basingstoke Road Swallowfield RG7 1PT

232653OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 March 2025

Council decision: Approve17 conditions

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

Proposal

Full planning permission for a 25ha solar farm for a temporary period of 40 years(EIA Development).

Received
27 October 2023
Ward
Shinfield
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 489 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North Of Sheepbridge Court Farm Basingstoke Road Swallowfield RG7 1PT. Wokingham has handled 606 applications of this type. This one was decided in 516 days, 66 weeks longer than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Shinfield. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

85% of outline 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
RG7 1PT
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Shinfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2023
Consultation expiry
30 December 2023
Consultation start
24 November 2023
Consultation end
30 December 2023
Application expires
31 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Challenge House, , Bletchley, Milton Keynes Sherwood Drive Bletchley, MK3 6DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
494 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
30 December 2023

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12556114
Documents
103

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 3: High 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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