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26/01845/TPW - Tree Works Under TPO Approved

Proposal

T1 - Oak: Crown lift canopy to 3.5m above ground level T2 - Beech: Crown lift canopy to 3.5m above ground level T3 - Sweet Chestnut: Crown lift canopy to 3.5m above ground level T4 - Willow: Fell to ground level T5 - Laurel: Fell to ground level Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 05:14

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Application progress

✓

Received

20 Aug 2026

✓

Approved

16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Registered park or garden 4 m away: Aldermaston Court

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: Wood pasture and parkland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

4 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Church Lodge, Grade II, 45 m away · 4 Grade II

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.

Show all 4 with distances

45 mChurch LodgeGrade II
135 mStable Block Approximately 150 Metres to North West of Aldermaston CourtGrade II
141 mCox Tomb Approximately 5 Metres to West of Tower of Church of St MaryGrade II
144 mRailings and Gate Approximately 15 Metres to West of Church of St MaryGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Heritage at risk 4 m away: Aldermaston Court; Tree preservation order 6 m away: 201/21/0990 - A1 - Tree.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Aldermaston
Parish: Aldermaston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Oct 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 16 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sayers Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, 19 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 46 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one27d

Council46d

UK36d

77%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

259decided 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 23 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 15 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