Idyllwild St Marys Paddock The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9JX Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 Oak: Crown reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 2 meters, ensuring that we do not remove more than 30% of the foliage of any given branch and that all cuts are cut back to growth points. The final height and spread of the tree will be 18m from ground level. Crown lift - to provide 4 meters clearance from ground level by removing one lower limb on the north side over neighbouring driveway. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Oct 2026 · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Application type
- Tree Works Under TPO
- Postcode
- RG18 9JX
- Received
- 25 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Chieveley & Cold Ash
- Parish
- Cold Ash Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approval
- Decision date
- 8 Oct 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- EJM Tree Services Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, 6 days faster than West Berkshire's median of 48 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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