HALL FARM, CHURCH LANE, ARBORFIELD, RG2 9HX (Loddon Garden Village)

1. 3 Nov 2025

   Received by Reading

2. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 11 Sep 2026

   Decision issued: Object

4. 14 Sep 2026

   Status changed to Decision Made

   Previously Under Consultation.

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• Land At Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield Reading Wokingham RG2 9HX

  25/02658/OOBC Submitted 3 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  70% historically approved · decision due ~29 Dec

  Hybrid planning application for up to 2,800 residential units, 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school, new District Centre, new Local Centre and Sports Hub with ancillary development (Application Ref 252498) PLEASE NOTE THE DECISION ON THIS APPLICATION IS MADE BY WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL

  Awaiting decision Outline 1 doc

• Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield Reading RG2 9HX

  252498 Submitted 14 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~19 Dec

  Hybrid planning application (part in full, part in outline) comprising outline application for: up to 2,800 residential units to include up to 100 custom and self-build plots; 2 primary schools (up to 3 forms of entry) to include early years provision and 1 secondary school (up to 12 forms of entry); one District Centre, to incorporate up to 11,000m2 of Class E (Commercial, Business and Service, to include a food store of around 2,500m2), and Class F (Local Community and Learning); one Local Centre, to incorporate up to 2,400m2 of Class E; a Sports Hub to include sports pitches and pavilion space; up to 4,250m2 of further Class E, Class F, and sui generis development to include commercial, health care and public house; associated green infrastructure, landscaping, public open space, play areas, and ecological enhancement measures; 20 gypsy and traveller pitches; drainage and flood alleviation measures to include Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) and engineering measures within Loddon Valley for the River Loddon; associated highway / transport / supporting infrastructure including spine road, pedestrian and cycle connections; associated utilities, infrastructure, and engineering works, including the undergrounding of overhead lines and an electricity substation; up to 0.5ha of land adjoining St Bartholomew’s Church for use as cemetery. All matters reserved other than access, incorporating: access to highways, incorporating: a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Lower Earley Way via a new 4th arm to the Meldreth Way roundabout; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular bridge over the M4; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular bridge over the River Loddon; a new vehicular access to the A327 Reading Road, via a new arm to the Observer Way roundabout; a new pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Thames Valley Science Park; Phase 1 of internal roads including pedestrian / cycle routes, associated infrastructure, drainage and landscaping. Application includes full permission for the delivery of proposed 40.4 hectares of Suitable Natural Greenspace (SANG), 18.35 hectares of SANG link, and provision of Biodiversity Net Gain measures, the demolition and clearance of buildings and structures at the Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR) and at Hall Farm, the demolition of 3 existing dwellings, and the retention of specified buildings at Hall Farm as specified by the applications drawings.

  Awaiting decision New dwelling Demolition 989 docs

• Centre For Dairy Research, Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield Wokingham RG2 9HX

  161173 Submitted 28 Apr 2016 50 yards away

  Application to vary condition 2 of planning consent 152726 for the construction of a new slurry tank and dry cow shed, to allow changes to improve drainage and ventilation, and the removal of condition 4 relating to archaeological work.

  Granted Conditions 8 docs
  Small domestic

• Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield Reading RG2 9HX

  151894 Submitted 4 Feb 2015 50 yards away

  Application for a certificate of proposed lawful development for the installation of 250kW solar photovoltaic panels on roof of dairy.

  Granted Outline 7 docs

• Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield Wokingham RG2 9HX

  150284 Submitted 7 Jul 2015 50 yards away

  Application for Listed Building consent for internal and external works to building to facilitate change of use from agricultural buildings (sui generis) to residential dwelling (C3) use.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 17 docs
  Domestic

• Hall Farm Church Lane Arborfield RG2 9HX

  150283 Submitted 7 Jul 2015 50 yards away

  Full application for the refurbishment and conversion of agricultural building (Sui generis) to residential dwellings (C3) use and associated works for landscaping and parking.

  Granted Full applications 18 docs

• PL/26/1185 Decided

  KIRTONS FARM ROAD, PINGEWOOD, RG30 3UH

  Request for observations by Reading Borough Council on Wokingham Borough Council application (WBC Ref 262054) for the proposed removal of previously imported soils currently stored on part of the Site, including required enabling works and vegetation clearance, followed by the restoration and reprofiling of the land to its original level using only indigenous material placed elsewhere on the Site.

  Received 3 Sep, published by the council 8 Sep 2026 Outline
• PL/25/1651 Decided

  Land North of Mole Road and Church Lane, Newlands Farm, RG2 9JD

  Outline planning application with all matters reserved other than principal access from Mole Road, for up to 430 dwellings, associated infrastructure to include a connection through to the proposed Spine Road, ref. 252498, new pedestrian cycle link connecting Byway ARB03 Carter’s Hill Lane and Byway ARB08 Ellis’s Hill, associated landscaping to include formal and informal public open space, biodiversity enhancements and associated utilities, infrastructure, and engineering works.

  Received 18 Nov, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• PL/26/0953 Decided

  2 ROSEHILL FARM COTTAGES, PEPPARD ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8XA

  Demolition of existing stable and garage block. Erection of a new self-build dwelling

  Received 17 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Outline
• PL/26/1170 Awaiting decision

  WHITLEY PARK PRIMARY & NURSERY SCHOOL, BRIXHAM ROAD, READING, RG2 7RB

  Hybrid planning application: Full planning application (Phase 1) for car park extension with reconfigured internal vehicular circulation, landscaping, play equipment, boundary treatment and various associated works; Outline planning application (Phase 2) for up to 890sqm (GIA) of additional Learning and non-residential institutions use (Class F1), an additional car park extension, landscaping and various associated works, with all matters reserved except access.

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 1 Oct 2026 Outline
• PL/25/1447 Refused

  19 PARKSIDE ROAD, READING, RG30 2BT

  The erection of four residential dwellings (phased) with associated hard and soft landscaping and parking with the construction of a new access from Parkside Road and Kearsley Road following demolition of outbuildings (outline application considering access all other matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout, scale))”

  Received 9 Oct, published by the council 10 Aug 2026 Outline