PLANNING

https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/planning should be your source for all planned developments

We keep a keen eye on all planning applications for our town and those infrastructure issues that relate to us.

We advocate best practice in the sustainable development and management of new developments and are committed to preserving the best of what we have inherited from the past. We hope to encourage Wokingham planners, and developers, to create an environment in which we, and our children and grandchildren, will enjoy living.

We are focused on:

• Influencing planning processes and strategic plans;

• Scrutinising and commenting on planning applications;

• Securing and preserving features of historic or public interest.

The concept of conservation areas was introduced in England, Wales and Scotland by the Civic Amenities Act 1967.

Conservation area designation essentially controls the demolition of unlisted buildings over a certain size and works to protect trees, restricts permitted development rights on dwelling houses and tightens regulations on advertising. It also places a statutory duty on local planning authorities to pay special attention to preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of conservation areas while undertaking their planning duties.

Designating a conservation area should not be seen as an end in itself: we live in a changing world and for the historic environment to survive and continue to be cherished it needs to be positively managed.

We have 16 conservation areas in the Wokingham Borough, as follows:

• Arborfield Cross Conservation Area study (PDF document) 

• Finchampstead Church Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document) 

• Hurst Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document) 

• Murdoch Road Conservation Area (PDF document)

• Murdoch Road Conservation Area - Preliminary Appraisal (PDF document)

• Remenham, Henley Bridge Conservation Area (PDF document)

• Remenham Church Conservation Area (PDF document)

• Ruscombe Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document) 

• Sindlesham Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document) 

• Sonning Conservation Area study (PDF document) 

• Swallowfield Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document)

• Twyford Station Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document)

• Twyford Village Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document)

• Wargrave Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document)

• Wokingham town centre and Langborough Road Conservation Area study (PDF document) 

• Woodley Green Conservation Area leaflet (PDF document)