Planning and housing news archive
- New legal powers to help prevent flooding
Wokingham Borough Council now has new legal powers to help prevent flooding across the borough, following its successful application to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)...
25 April 2017
- Loddon Homes secures £1.5 million in Government funding to build shared ownership homes
Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL)'s subsidiary company Loddon Homes has been awarded £1.5 million from the Homes and Communities Agency to continue its programme of building social and affordable...
30 March 2017
- Delivering on our promises
The New Year sees the beginning of a new start for Wokingham Town Centre as Wokingham Borough Council's regeneration project enters the most ambitious and exciting phase yet.
30 March 2017
- Wokingham Housing: The council's busy builder
2017 is going to be a significant year for Wokingham Housing Limited (WHL) which was set up in 2011 to build high quality homes for local people while generating an ongoing income stream for us.
29 March 2017
- Phoenix Avenue nearly ready to welcome first families
In the next few months the first families are due to start moving into the £13million Phoenix Avenue development in Wokingham.
23 March 2017
- Wokingham Borough Council set to approve first phase of Gorse Ride South redevelopment
The long-awaited redevelopment of Gorse Ride South is set to get underway if Wokingham Borough Council's decision-making executive approves the first phase this month (30 March).
22 March 2017
- Exciting times ahead for Building Control Solutions
Formed in 2015 as a partnership between the building control services of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, BCS (Building Control Solutions) expanded last year...
21 March 2017
- New time-lapse video shows next phase of Woodley building project
This month see's the launch of the third update of the time-lapse video from the £6million Fosters independent living with care scheme for older people in Woodley.
21 March 2017
- Work placement at Carnival Pool proving a great opportunity
As the new Carnival Pool car park takes shape, it is offering a vital opportunity for one young man to take his first steps in the construction business.
13 March 2017
- Council bids for government construction funding
Wokingham Borough Council has submitted an expression of interest to the government's new Accelerated Construction Programme which hopes to speed up house building nationally by making surplus public...
07 March 2017
- High Court ruling helps council protect green belt
Wokingham Borough Council heard today (February 21) the High Court has agreed an injunction against the illegal green belt business at Hare Hatch Sheeplands is the only means to uphold planning...
21 February 2017
- Next stage of Wokingham Town Centre regeneration soon underway
Wokingham Town Centre is due to say goodbye to Peach Street's tired old 1960s façade from Monday February 13, when Wokingham Borough Council's contractor Dawnus Construction Limited starts final...
24 January 2017
- Aldi confirmed to come to Wokingham town centre
The pre-let agreement to bring Aldi to Wokingham's regenerated town centre has now been signed.
24 January 2017
- Market Place trial holes
Wokingham Town Council is due to begin digging a total of 22 trial holes near the Town Hall, starting on 9 January, as part of plans to refurbish Market Place.
06 January 2017
- Berkshire councils join forces for One Public Estate
Wokingham Borough Council is the lead authority in a Berkshire public services partnership which has just been awarded £450,750 in the nationally-acclaimed One Public Estate (OPE) programme.
22 December 2016
- Statement on Garden Village rumours
A technical assessment for the Western Berkshire area (comprising Bracknell, Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham) has identified that there is a need to accommodate in the region of 65,665 new...
22 December 2016
- Countryside protected thanks to council success in long-running legal battle
After more than six years of determined legal effort, Wokingham Borough Council's perseverance has succeeded in getting an illegal mobile home park removed from protected woodland in Finchampstead.
22 December 2016
- Preparing for winter weather
It's your responsibility to protect your property from flooding, so follow these handy tips to help prepare you.
13 December 2016
- Planning secured for two-house development at Middlefields in Ruscombe
Planning permission has been granted by Wokingham Borough Council for residential development on land at Polehampton in Ruscombe.
24 November 2016
- Everything's peachy at Peach Place
It's all go with the Wokingham town centre regeneration as Wokingham Borough Council has announced the appointment of Dawnus Construction Ltd as the main contractor for redeveloping Peach Place.
23 November 2016
