Beech Hill Barn The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading RG7 2LA Data via plota.co.uk

26/01348/5DAY - Tree 5 Day Notices Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Pollarding to sound wood of a Sycamore with decayed leaders Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jun 2026
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Approved
22 Jun 2026

Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Application Correspondence · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF 5 DAY NOTICE Application Form · 22 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Beech Hill House, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 26 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Tree 5 Day Notices
Postcode
RG7 2LA
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
Parish
Beech Hill Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection Raised
Decision date
22 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 0 days from validation, 48 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
441decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by West Berkshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Berkshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
T16 - Lime - Remove. Progress of decay is advancing (see photographs) to the point where…
23/02570/TPW
2020 Approved
Lime 1 - Large branch dropped due to tree dieback, pollard remaining steam back to joint…
20/02299/5DAY
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Beech Hill House Wood Lane Beech Hill Reading RG7 2BE
Storm felled T22 Lime - replaced with Hungarian Oak and Weeping Beech Storm felled Lime i…
25/01017/5DAY
2025
Garden House The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading RG7 2LA
T14 - Oak: Remove lower branch (see photo 1b) which is over balancing tree and remove a f…
25/00142/TPW
2023 Approved
The Dairy Cottage The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading RG7 2LA
Proposed ground floor front and rear extension
23/00056/HOUSE
2022 Refused
The Dairy Cottage The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading RG7 2LA
Proposed ground floor front extension
22/01715/HOUSE
2021 Approved
Beech Hill Barn The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading West Berkshire RG7 2LA
1- Lime Tree: Reduce height to circa 10 metres above ground level, shorten all side branc…
21/02142/TPW
2018 Approved
Beech Hill Barn The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading Berkshire RG7 2LA
Single storey rear extension
18/02038/HOUSE
2018 Approved
Beech Hill Farmhouse The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading Berkshire RG7 2LA
T1 - Lebanese Cedar - Remove overhanging limb (End weight and size snap out, no suitable…
18/01804/TPW
2018 Approved
4 Beech Hill House Wood Lane Beech Hill Reading Berkshire RG7 2BE
Internal adaptions
18/00001/LBC2
2017 Approved
Beech Hill Farmhouse The Walled Garden Beech Hill Reading Berkshire RG7 2LA
To add two velux style roof lights at the back of the house.
17/00638/HOUSE
2016 Approved
Flat 8 Beech Hill House Wood Lane Beech Hill Reading Berkshire RG7 2BE
Sound insulation to two internal walls
16/01850/LBC2
West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

West Berkshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #199 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Berkshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #122 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #142 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #199 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #203 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
65 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
25 decided (10+ homes)
77%
Change of use approved
57 decided
1,045
Total decisions
108 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings