Please would you be able to provide me with the most up to date figures on:

1. How many Blue Plaques there are in your region in total. (If full figure is known, please provide that, if only those approved by the council are known, please specify).
a) Who each of the Blue Plaques in the region is for and when it was installed.

2. How many applications for blue plaques there have been in the 2024 to the council. (If full figure beyond the council is known, please provide that)
a) Who they are for.
b) How many, and which ones were approved.

3. Please identify any other organisations in your region that approve and install Blue Plaques.

In terms of the number and location of Blue Plaques within the borough, these details are not held by the Council. Historic England run the Blue Plaque scheme outside of London (where English Heritage still manage the scheme). The email address at Historic England to enquire about their Blue Plaque scheme is BluePlaques@historicengland.org.uk

There are also cases where local councils, civic societies and other organisations runs other similar plague schemes. Whilst not aware that the Council itself runs a plaque scheme we do know in Wokingham itself the Wokingham Society run a plaque scheme, details of which can be found on the following weblink: https://www.wokinghamsociety.org.uk/blue_plaques.html

We are not aware of there being any applications submitted to the Council in 2024 for a Blue Plaque under either the Historic England scheme or that administered by the Wokingham Society. It would be expected in the case of a Blue Plaque being located on listed building for there to be an application made for listed building consent in order to allow the plaque to be installed. Historic England are the nationally recognised body that cover our region for Blue Plaques.