Wokingham Borough Council – Services A–Z
A – Adult social care (support for older people and adults with disabilities)
B – Benefits, business support, births registrations, building control
C – Council Tax, children & families services, community services, countryside & parks, complaints
D – Democracy (elections & voting), development & regeneration, disabilities support
E – Education (school admissions, SEND), environmental health, energy efficiency support
F – Family support, finance & payments, fly‑tipping reports
G – Green waste & recycling, grants, governance
H – Housing services, homelessness support, highways & road maintenance, health & wellbeing
I – Information for residents, inspections, inclusion & equality
J – Job opportunities and council careers
K – Keeping communities safe (community safety initiatives)
L – Libraries, licensing, land charges, leisure & culture
M – Major developments, marriage & civil partnership ceremonies
N – Nature reserves, neighbourhood planning, new to the borough support
O – Older people’s services, online services & forms
P – Planning, parking services, public health, pest control
Q – Queries, complaints and customer services contact
R – Rubbish & recycling, roadworks, registration services (births & deaths)
S – Social care, schools & education, sports & activities, street care
T – Transport services, trading standards, travel concessions (bus passes)
U – Universal credit support (local help), Ukraine support services
V – Voting and elections, volunteering opportunities
W – Waste collections, wellbeing services, whistleblowing
X – (Used within online service indexing and digital access tools)
Y – Young people & youth services
Z – Zero‑carbon and climate emergency initiatives
Offices and phone lines open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Report an emergency Out of Hours
If you need emergency support out of hours, at the weekend or on a Bank Holiday:
- General emergencies – call 0800 212 111
- Social Care Emergencies and Community Mental Health Crisis Team – call 01344 351999
- For emergency council home repairs read our tenant repairs
Waste & Recycling
Planning Portal
Wokingham Borough Council Planning Portal
The Wokingham Borough Council Planning Portal is the council’s online system for managing and viewing planning-related information across the borough. It enables residents, developers, parish councils, and stakeholders to access planning services and track development proposals.
Key functions include:
Searching planning applications – users can find current and historic applications by address, postcode, application number, or keyword, and view associated plans and documents.
Commenting on applications – members of the public can submit support, objections, or observations on live applications during the consultation period.
Tracking application progress – users can monitor validation, consultation, decision status, and appeals.
Viewing weekly lists – lists of newly validated applications and recent decisions are published weekly.
Accessing planning guidance – information is provided on how to apply for planning permission, permitted development, enforcement, listed buildings, and conservation areas.
Planning enforcement and appeals – the portal supports reporting unauthorised development and viewing live planning appeals.
How it works:
Planning applications are submitted via the national Planning Portal, with Wokingham Borough Council acting as the local planning authority. [wokingham.gov.uk]
Once registered, applications appear on Wokingham’s online planning register (FastWeb), which serves as the public-facing portal for viewing and commenting.
Shinfield Parish Council (SPC) encourages residents to comment within the deadline given and shares Wokingham Borough Planning Consultations via our website and social media channels, highlighting deadlines.
MP & Borough Councillors
Visit Wokingham Borough Councils Website below for details on your Local MP & Borough Councillors.
