Grove Cottage Pearson Road, Sonning Wokingham, RG4 6UL Data via plota.co.uk

261259 Approved

Proposal

SECTION 211 NOTIFICATION FOR WORKS IN A CONSERVATION AREA T1, Yew - Crown reduction. Prune the re-growth from the previous work carried out be up to 2ft of growth. T2, Bay Tree - Crown Reduction. Reduce the height to previous pruning points. Existing height of 15ft to a finished height of 12ft. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Approved
29 Jun 2026

Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

29 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Dower House, Grade II, about 2 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 28 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.
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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.
Local nature reserve about 235 m away: Ali's Pond
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 128 m away: Deanery Garden; Inside the Sonning built-up area; 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 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 £950,000 in March 2016. Detached house, freehold.

11 March 2016£950,000

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
RG4 6UL
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
Thames
Parish
Sonning
Decision
No objection CA
Decision date
29 Jun 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 21 days faster than Wokingham's median of 55 for tree and landscaping works. 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/14961348
Consultation
27 May 2026
Comments by
17 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 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.