Lavender Cottage Wargrave Road, Wargrave Wokingham, RG10 8PJ Data via plota.co.uk

261647 Approved

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 2/1951, WOODLAND 2 T1, Elm - Form into multi-knuckle pollard by forming a pollard knuckle at approx. 4m from road level, 50-100mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth. G2, 5 x Elm – Form 4 no. Elm into multi-knuckle pollard by forming a pollard knuckle at approx. 4m from road level, 50-100mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth; smallest 1 no. Elm fell to ground level. T3, Sycamore - Crown lift to create 5.5m of clearance above the road by reducing the lowest limb over the road by 2m. G4, 5 x Elm - Form into multi-knuckle pollard by forming a pollard knuckle at approx. 4m from road level, 50-100mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth. G6, 2 x Elm - Fell to as close to ground level as possible. G7, 4 x Elms - Form into multi-knuckle pollard by forming a pollard knuckle at approx. 4m from road level, 50-100mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth. T8, Sycamore - Fell to as close to ground level as possible. G9, Mixed Species – Fell 2 x Elm and 1 x Maple leaning over road as close to ground level as possible; form 7 x Elms into multi-knuckle pollard by forming a pollard knuckle at approx. 4m from road level, 50-100mm stubs to be left to aid regrowth; crown lift 1 x Sycamore to achieve 5.5m of clearance above the road by reducing the lowest limb over the road by 2m. T16, Common Horse Chestnut - Remove branch growing over the road back to main stem. T17, Ash - Fell to as close to ground level as possible. T18, Sycamore - Remove 2 no. squirrel damaged limbs growing over the road back to main stem. T19, Elm - Remove dead branch over the road. T20, Elm - Fell to as near ground level as possible. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Validated
14 Jul 2026
Received
15 Jul 2026
Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
Wokingham
Postcode
RG10 8PJ
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Thames
Parish
Wargrave
Decision
Tree Consent
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Agent
Stuart Mitchell

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 16 days slower than Wokingham's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
46decided 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/15082904
Consultation
15 Jul 2026
Comments by
29 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
8 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