Tintagel Cottage Sandhurst Road, Wokingham Wokingham, RG40 3JD Data via plota.co.uk

261801 Approved

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) T2, Quercus robur (English Oak) - Remove the lowest limb with the v shape union over the highway back to the main stem to avoid the weak union failing and falling into the Highway. Remove deadwood from the whole canopy. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
31 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Inside the Wokingham built-up area; Priority habitat about 34 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 2 November 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

Council
Wokingham
Postcode
RG40 3JD
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Finchampstead
Parish
Finchampstead
Decision
Tree Consent
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

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

78%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
307decided 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/15125950
Consultation
4 Aug 2026
Comments by
19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
25 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