The Laurels Oxford Street Eddington Hungerford RG17 0DZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01897/TPC - Tree Works in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Willow: Pollard back to previous points to a finished height of 2.5 meters - Canopy management G2: 4 x Tilia: Pollard back to previous points to a finished height of 2.5 meters - Canopy management Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Aug 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan Plans, Drawings · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Form · 31 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 8

North Wessex Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Eddington 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Special area of conservation 123 m away: Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain
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.
SSSI 77 m away: Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Linden Cottage, Grade II, 30 m away · 8 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
West Berkshire
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Postcode
RG17 0DZ
Received
31 Aug 2026
Validated
31 Aug 2026
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
Parish
Hungerford Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection Raised
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 12 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 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

24 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
G1- 4x Lime: Pollard back to previous points
22/00367/TPC
2021 Approved
T4 - Oak - Reduce canopy by a maxim of 2.5 meters to a finished height of 12 meters T5 (H…
21/00656/TPC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Demolition of existing garden shed and hutch & replacement with garden room & store.
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Demolition of existing garden shed and hutch and replacement with garden room and store
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2021 Approved
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21/00311/TPC
2021 Approved
7 Oxford Street Eddington Hungerford RG17 0ET
Demolition of existing garden shed and hutch and replacement with garden room and store
21/00495/LBC2
2020 Approved
21 Oxford Street Eddington Hungerford RG17 0EU
Lime Tree -Tilia Europaea - reduce to previous pollarding pointsEuropean Ash - fell becau…
20/01994/TPC
2020 Approved
21 Oxford Street Eddington Hungerford RG17 0EU
Tila Europea - Pollard to previous cut points
20/00399/TPC
2019 Approved
20 Oxford Street Eddington Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0EU
T1 - Apple - Reduce canopy by 30%. Final finished height after tree works will be 8 metre…
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2018 Approved
5 Hamblin Meadow Eddington Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0HJ
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
22 Hamblin Meadow Eddington Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0HJ
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2016 Approved
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West Berkshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#202 of 296 councils
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Other 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.