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544 Wokingham Road Earley Wokingham RG6 7JB

252584Refused

Refused on 18 December 2025

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed erection of a single-storey side and rear extension with a dual-pitched tiled roof and rendered external walls to match the existing dwelling, incorporating new fenestration to the side and rear elevations, following the demolition of the existing garage.

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 544 Wokingham Road Earley Wokingham RG6 7JB. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates. We hold 694 applications in total for the RG6 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its size, scale, layout and intended use, would not constitute a subordinate extension to the existing dwelling and instead would facilitate the effective subdivision of the property into two self-contained and independent dwellings. The resulting subdivision would unbalance the existing pair of semi-detached dwellings and would cause harm to the character and appearance of the host property, its adjoining semi-detached neighbour and the area. The creation of an additional dwelling cannot be approved under a householder application, as the proposal has not been submitted using the correct application type, is accompanied by an incorrect fee, and lacks the necessary supporting information required to assess a new residential unit. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CP1 and CP3 of the Core Strategy, Policy TB06 of the MDD Local Plan, Section 4 of the Borough Design Guide and Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Public: Information that can be seen and used by everyone inside and outside the Council.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG6 7JB
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Earley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 November 2025
Consultation start
28 October 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Application expires
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
28 Shepherds Hill Earley Reading RG6 1BB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
19

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.

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