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St Bartholomews Church Church Lane Reading RG2 9JA

261551Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 August 2026

Council decision: Approve12 conditions

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

Proposal

Application to vary Conditions 2 and 9 of planning permission 230594 dated 17/06/2024 for Full application for the formalisation of existing parking area to provide 24 parking bays in association with St Bartholomew's Church. The variation seeks to amend the approved plans and arboricultural information following the removal of two Poplar trees by the electricity board, including replacement of Proposed Site Layout Rev E with Rev F, replacement Tree Protection Plans and replacement Arboricultural Method Statement.

Received
1 July 2026
Ward
Barkham & Arborfield
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 34 days

About this application

This is a planning application at St Bartholomews Church Church Lane Reading RG2 9JA. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 111 applications across Thames. We hold 771 applications in total for the RG2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG2 9JA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Arborfield and Newland

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026
Consultation expiry
27 July 2026
Consultation start
6 July 2026
Consultation end
27 July 2026
Application expires
26 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 Woodlands Avenue Wokingham Berkshire RG41 3HL

Planning decision

Case officer
Connie Davis
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
7

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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