Half Acre Coombes Lane, Barkham Wokingham, RG41 4SU Data via plota.co.uk

261764 Approved

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO , Woodlands 1. T1 Turkey Oak - Reduce lowest limb by 2m leaving a radial spread of no less than 3m. T2 Oak - Remove lowest limb back to source. T3 Sycamore - reduce back to boundary leaving a radial spread of no less than 1m. T4 Turkey Oak - Reduce lowest limb by 3m leaving a radial spread of no less than 3m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jul 2026
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Approved
22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Registered park or garden about 35 m away: Bearwood College
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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public byway open to all traffic about 30 m away; Heritage at risk about 34 m away: Bearwood College; Inside the Wokingham built-up area; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £318,000 in April 1997. Detached house, freehold.

24 April 1997£318,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG41 4SU
Received
28 Jul 2026
Validated
28 Jul 2026
Ward
Barkham & Arborfield
Parish
Barkham
Decision
Tree Consent
Decision date
22 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 93% of tree and landscaping works here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
259decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Planning Portal ref
PP/15118492
Consultation
4 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
22 Sept 2026
Wokingham
Planning Authority Score
6.7/10
Good
#73 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Wokingham ranks #111 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Wokingham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #48 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #66 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #111 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #116 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
63 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
91%
Change of use approved
43 decided
1,142
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.