A full planning application has been submitted for a new road that will eventually form part of the south Wokingham distributor road (SWDR).
The route was given approval by Wokingham Borough Council’s ruling executive in 2014, and in March 2015 it approved plans for the Eastern Gateway section to be progressed, in advance of the rest of the distributor road.
Drop in public exhibitions took place in Spring 2019. Residents were invited to make comments prior to the planning application for the next phase of the road.
This new application is for the Eastern Gateway. This section of the SWDR will also be called William Heelas Way, and will join the previously completed section of William Heelas Way, through the Montague Park development, with Waterloo Road.
Later sections will run west across Easthampstead Road to Finchampstead Road – connecting at the existing Tesco roundabout.
It is also proposed to improve the junction of Molly Millars Lane and Finchampstead Road, a scheme known as Western Gateway.
Nexus Planning, acting on behalf of Kingacre Estates, Miller Homes and Kier Ventures, has submitted the plans “.. to facilitate housing and infrastructure within the South Wokingham Strategic Development Location (SDL).”
It noted how Wokingham Borough Council’s own Core Strategy has identified how the land between London Road and Finchampstead Road “.. must provide 2,500 dwellings.”
Two schools and a village centre are also already part of existing plans.
Last month Wokingham Borough Council revealed it had successfully applied for a £29.6 million contribution from Homes England, the Government’s housing and regeneration agency, towards the completion of the SWDR.
The consultation for the trunk road plans runs until May 17, 2024.
You can see full details by searching application number 240892 on Wokingham Borough council’s planning portal.
