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26/01783/TPW - Tree Works Under TPO Approved

Proposal

G1-19 Mixture of oak, ash and hawthorn Cut back to near boundary line leaving a finished radial spread over the guide dogs field of no less than 0.5 metre T1 oak remove lowest horizontal limbs up to 5 metres and reduce remaining crown by 2-3 metres leaving a finished height of no less than 11 metres and a radial spread of no less than 3 metres T2 oak remove lowest horizontal limbs up to 5 metres and reduce remaining crown by 2-3 metres leaving a finished height of no less than 8 metres and a radial spread of no less than 2 metres G2 Ash x 7 Suffering from ADB fell all trees to near ground level G3 Goat willows x 8 Fell to near ground level Reason Allow light on to new solar panels planning ref Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

17 Aug 2026

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Approved

20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Associated applications 2

TreesApproved20 Oct 202626/01783/TPWThis application
G1-19 Mixture of oak, ash and hawthorn Cut back to near boundary line leaving a finished radial spread over the guide dogs field…
FullApproved8 Nov 2023council archive

Site constraints 4

Tree preservation order: 201/21/0249 - A1

Consent is needed before work on protected trees.

Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

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

Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Tree Works Under TPO
Received: 17 Aug 2026
Validated: 17 Aug 2026
Ward: Burghfield & Mortimer
Parish: Burghfield Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Oct 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 20 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Bee Tree Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 16 days slower than West Berkshire's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one64d

Council48d

UK36d

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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 12 Oct 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