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18 Bishops Drive Wokingham RG40 1WA

240054OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 February 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval not required

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

Proposal

Application for the prior approval of the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.0m, for which the maximum height would be 3.2m and the height of the eaves 2.4m.

Received
9 January 2024
Ward
Norreys
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 18 Bishops Drive Wokingham RG40 1WA. Wokingham has handled 606 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Norreys. We hold 2,031 applications in total for the RG40 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
RG40 1WA
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wokingham Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2024
Consultation expiry
31 January 2024
Consultation start
10 January 2024
Consultation end
31 January 2024
Application expires
20 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 60 Suttons Business Park Suttons Park Ave Earley, Reading RG6 1AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
9

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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