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North of Whiteknights Reservoir Whiteknights Road Reading

Awaiting decision Wokingham 161272 Amendment

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Proposal

Consultation from Reading Borough Council for the following proposal: Construction of a flood wall of approximately 73m in length and 1.8m high (minimum) adjacent to Whiteknights Road. Alterations to dam embankment to include regrading of slope and rock gabion retaining wall. Associated landscaping. Alterations to highway drainage. New vehicle and pedestrian access to allotments from Whiteknights Road (resubmission of 152205/REG).

As published by the council, reference 161272

Application record

Reference
161272
Type
Amendment
Status
Valid
Received
9 May 2016
Validated
9 May 2016
Ward
Maiden Erlegh
Parish
Earley
Decision by
Delegated

Site history

Applications at this address on the Wokingham register

This site has had 2 applications since 2016: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 160136 Granted

    North of Whiteknights Reservoir Whiteknights Road Reading

    Consultation from Reading Borough Council for the following proposal: Construction of a flood wall of approximately 72m in length and 1.8m in height (including railings) and associated drainage pipe adjacent to Whiteknights Reservoir (including related tree works) - flood works required in the interest of safety under Section 10 of the Reservoirs Act 1975.

    Decided 15 Feb 2016 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 May 2016

    Received by Wokingham

  2. 16 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 4 July 2016, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Wokingham took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

2 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Wokingham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wokingham decided amendment applications in a median of 50 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About amendment applications

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

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