Wokingham

If ever you needed evidence as to the total mess this country's planning system is in the saga at Wokingham provides it.

From the start the planning authority indicated support for a small unit industrial scheme to provide nursery units for small starter businesses and I can only be grateful because if they had not been in favour the site would still be lying idle.

It took over 15 months to secure the consent and during that time 5 planning officers were involved and this lack of continuity meant that even when progress appeared to be made we were back to square one again.

The local residents were given far too much reference despite living next to an old factory which has been used for heavy industry and could have continued in the same way. Anglo's proposals for new modern light operations with small traffic flow should have been welcomed with open arms but were not and their objections have led to costly delays.

This is a gripe and I accuse the officers and to an extent the elected members of contributing little to the improvement of the town of Wokingham.

I am pleased and relieved to say that despite all the obstacles put in the way, we got there, and the scheme completed during 2009.

Units 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 24 are now disposed of.

Location

Wokingham is located in the Royal County of Berkshire which lies to the West of Central London (40 miles). The town is located between Reading to the North West (9 miles) and Bracknell to the East (5.5 miles). Fishponds Road is situated to the South of the town centre and is located in one of the main commercial areas of Wokingham.

The property is located towards the end of Fishponds Road close to its junction with Oaklands Park Road. Fishponds Road is accessed directly from Molly Millar's Lane which links to the A321 to the East and the B3349 to the West. The A4321 provides an indirect link to the M3 and M4 and Junctions 2 (15 miles) and 10 (5.5 miles) respectively.

Roads

Wokingham is located between the M3, M4 and M25 motorways. The A329 (M) provides direct access to junction 10 of the M4 to the north while the A322 dual carriageway links with junction 3 of the M3.

Rail

Wokingham has a mainline station which runs regular services to Reading and direct to London Waterloo. The train station is located approximately 0.6 miles from the subject site.

Air

London Heathrow is an international airport located approximately 18 miles from Wokingham.

Situation

The site is located on the north side of Fishponds Road close to its junction with Oaklands Park Road.

Current developments

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