Church Of Jesus Christ Of The Latter Day Saints Pinchington Lane Greenham Thatcham RG19 8SR Data via plota.co.uk

26/00656/TPW - Tree Works Under TPO Approved

Proposal

T1446 - Scots Pine: Fell to ground level T1500 - Scots Pine: Remove significant deadwood. Sever and clear ivy on stem. T1428 - Common Beech: Remove ivy from tree T1425 - Scot Pine: Remove ivy from Tree T1485 - Oak: Remove significant deadwood. Crown lift to 5 mH, Over highway T1848 - Pine: Fell to ground level T1449 - Oak: Remove significant deadwood T1463 - Scots Pine: Remove significant deadwood T1472 - Horse Chestnut: Crown lift to 5 mH. Just the small low branches encroaching onto road T1423 - Common Holly: Fell to ground level. Just fell dead stem T1463 - Scots Pine: Sever and clear ivy on Stem T1485 - Oak: Sever and clear ivy on Stem T1472 - Horse Chestnut: Sever and clear ivy on stem T1816 - Scot Pine: Sever and clear ivy Stem T1402 - Common Holly: Prune clear of building/structure. To clear light Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Mar 2026
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Validated
23 Mar 2026
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Approved
23 Apr 2026

Approved on 23 Apr 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

Registered park or garden about 39 m away: Sandleford Priory
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 164 m away: Greenham and Crookham Commons SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 39 m away: Sandleford Priory; Tree preservation order about 19 m away: 201/21/0293 - G1; Inside the Newbury built-up area; Open access land about 20 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 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

Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Postcode
RG19 8SR
Received
20 Mar 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Ward
Newbury Greenham
Parish
Greenham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 May 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
23 Apr 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Connick Tree Care

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, 17 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
18 May 2026
Env. assessment
No
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