Land along Hyde End Lane, Spencers Wood, Data via plota.co.uk

261800 Approved

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO , GROUP 5 and 7, T32 017154, Oak (part of G5) - Carry out a soft fell of dead tree and retain timber on site; retain the stem between 1.0 and 1.5m. 017153, Oak (part of G5) - Retain large timber of dead tree on site; retain the stem up to 1.0m. 017155, Unknown Species - Retain main stem of dead tree between 1.0 and 2.0m. 017156, Unknown Species - Retain stem of dead tree between 1.0 and 2.0m. 017157, 4 x Unknown Species - Fell dead trees. 017158, Willow - Deadwood removal and remove broken hanging branches. 017159, Oak (T32 on TPO) - Monolith to retain up to 10m of the main stem; take all dead branches back to the main stem, retain the few live branches that are visible; remove large snapped out limb. 017160, Elm - Fell dead tree. 017161, Unknown Species (part of G7) - Fell dead tree. 017162, Oak - Retain a monolith up to 4.0m high. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

31 Jul 2026

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Validated

4 Aug 2026

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Approved

28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Comments_BruceWinton_261800_4817924_20260819_163044.pdf Planning Comments · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1366 m away: M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Received: 31 Jul 2026
Validated: 4 Aug 2026
Ward: Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Parish: Shinfield
Decision: Tree Consent
Decision date: 28 Sept 2026
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one55d

Council55d

UK36d

76%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

267decided 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/14779883
Consultation: 5 Aug 2026
Comments by: 19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 29 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