Woody Nook Church Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1SA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02171/5DAY - Tree 5 Day Notices Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Sycamore - Fell Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Oct 2026
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Validated
6 Oct 2026
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Approved
8 Oct 2026

Approved on 8 Oct 2026 · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Approval Decision Notice · 8 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Email Application Form · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Photos and Location of Tree Supporting Document · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Speen conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Protected tree 10 m away: 201/21/0612 - T5 - Pins
2 protected trees within 15 m. Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
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Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 8 listed buildings within 150 m; SSSI 445 m away: Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods SSSI; Inside the Newbury built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
West Berkshire
Application type
Tree 5 Day Notices
Postcode
RG14 1SA
Received
5 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Newbury Speen
Parish
Speen Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection Raised
Decision date
8 Oct 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 46 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
13 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025
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2022 Withdrawn
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2020 Approved
Sextons Cottage Church Lane Speen Newbury RG14 1SA
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2019 Approved
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19/03070/TPC
2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2017 Approved
Speen Holt West Speen Lane Speen Newbury Berkshire RG14 1RL
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17/01775/COND1
2016 Approved
Speen Holt West Speen Lane Speen Newbury Berkshire RG14 1RL
Two storey extension, garage conversion and extension and detached carport.
16/03057/HOUSE
2016 Approved
The Old Vicarage Speen Lane Speen Newbury Berkshire RG14 1RJ
Horse Chestnut - Crown reduction up to 4 metres back to suitable growth points and crown…
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2016 Approved
The Old Vicarage Speen Lane Speen Newbury Berkshire RG14 1RJ
Fell 2no. Conifer Trees at end of driveway.
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2016 Approved
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New Porch.
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2016 Approved
Corner Stones Speen Lane Speen Newbury Berkshire RG14 1RJ
T1 - Cedrus deodara - Fell
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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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