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Lockey Farm Sindlesham Road Arborfield Reading RG2 9JH

At appeal Wokingham 230901

At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.

Proposal

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land to residential use; erection of a building and swimming pool; formation of concrete base and hardstanding; and erection of retaining wall and associated changes to ground levels.

As published by the council, reference 230901

Application record

Reference
230901
Status
AppealDetermined
Received
14 Apr 2023
Ward
Arborfield
Parish
Arborfield and Newland
Postcode
RG2 9JH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Apr 2023

    Received by Wokingham

  2. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 9 June 2023, 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

16 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

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What happens at appeal

The process from here

This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.

Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.

About this record

Reading the register

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Wokingham is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

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