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Brandywell Spring Lane Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1SU

251180AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 30 July 2025

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed garden shed (part retrospective).

Received
18 May 2025
Ward
Swallowfield
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Brandywell Spring Lane Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1SU. Wokingham has handled 725 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Swallowfield. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

85% of amendment 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

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in an inappropriate increase of development away from the existing dwelling and its lawful curtilage resulting in an urbanising encroachment that would harm the countryside character and appearance of the area. The proposal is contrary to policy CP1, CP3 and CP11 of the Core Strategy, CC01, CC02, CC03 and TB21 of the MDD Local Plan and sections 12 and 15 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG7 1SU
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Swallowfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2025
Consultation expiry
23 July 2025
Consultation start
9 July 2025
Consultation end
23 July 2025
Application expires
1 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14028730
Documents
15

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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