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3-4 Market Place Wokingham RG40 1AL

253040Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 4 February 2026

1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for Listed Building Consent for the proposed replacement of vertical sliding timber sash casements to first and second floor windows on the front elevation.

Received
12 December 2025
Ward
Wescott
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated12 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at 3-4 Market Place Wokingham RG40 1AL. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. 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 proposal would have an adverse visual impact on the traditional appearance, setting and character of the Grade II listed building and the character and appearance of the Wokingham Town Centre Conservation Area. Moreover, the supporting heritage statement fails to provide clear and convincing justification for any subsequent harm. The proposals are therefore contrary to Sections 4, 12 and 16 of the NPPF 2024, policies CP1 and CP3 of the Core Strategy and policy TB24 of the Managing Development Delivery Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RG40 1AL
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wokingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Application expires
6 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
42 Church Street Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0JH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
22 January 2026

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: FostersOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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