Planning applications in Earley and Lower Earley

Earley and Lower Earley have Reading addresses but are in Wokingham Borough, so applications go to Wokingham Borough Council and are assessed against its Core Strategy, the Managing Development Delivery Local Plan and the Borough Design Guide, with the Local Plan Update now carrying increasing weight.

Lower Earley was largely built in the 1980s, and many of its houses have planning conditions that removed permitted development rights or required garages to be kept for parking. That is why garage conversions and modest extensions here often need a planning application. We check the original estate permission first and show the remaining driveway parking on the block plan. Wokingham also asks for a short biodiversity statement where roofs are affected in its bat sensitive areas.

Our Earley projects include garage conversions at 34 Shepherds Hill and 39 Doddington Close, a two storey gym and office outbuilding at 8 Pitts Lane with a BS5837 tree report, and the replacement dwelling at 20 Culver Lane, approved in 2026 after a phased series of consents.

For council wide policy, Article 4 directions and decision times, see our guide to planning in Reading and our Wokingham Borough guide.