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44 Proctors Road Wokingham Wokingham RG40 1RP

252634Refused

Refused on 23 January 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Householder application for the proposed double-storey front, side and rear extension, single-storey rear sunroom, changes to fenestration, insertion of 1no. roof lantern and 2no. rooflights.

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Wescott
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a rear extension at 44 Proctors Road Wokingham Wokingham RG40 1RP. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Wokingham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Wescott. We hold 2,031 applications in total for the RG40 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The site has potential for bat roosts and insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that bats would not be negatively impacted by the proposed development, contrary to Core Strategy policies CP3 and CP7, Managing Development Delivery Local Plan policy TB23, Section 15 of the NPPF and the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG40 1RP
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wokingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
22 December 2025
Application expires
26 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Appeal history

6008194
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 24 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

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.

Source: Wokingham

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