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Reading Blue Coat School Sonning Lane Sonning Wokingham RG4 6SU

232925FullApproved

Approved on 18 January 2024

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Full application for the proposed erection of a part single and part two storey building to provide music and drama classrooms on the ground floor, a double height auditorium with associated first floor control room, and 4No. monodraughts and solar panels to the main roof. Permanent retention of the temporary drama studio building following substantial demolition of Way Hall and adjacent shed. External alterations, including new roof and cladding to the existing music annexe along with associated hard and soft landscaping.

Received
24 November 2023
Ward
Sonning
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Reading Blue Coat School Sonning Lane Sonning Wokingham RG4 6SU. Wokingham has handled 3,863 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Sonning. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
RG4 6SU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sonning

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
3 January 2024
Consultation start
1 December 2023
Consultation end
3 January 2024
Application expires
19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
35 Highgate High Street London N6 5JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 January 2024

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12560284
Documents
38

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    30 Aug

    Application for non-material amendment to planning consent 232925

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment242223
  2. 2023
    24 Nov

    Full application for the proposed erection of a part single and part two storey building to provide music and…

    This applicationApprovedFull232925

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