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Berkeley Court Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6LH

PL/24/0137Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 February 2024

Council decision: AgreeDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 x1 Hornbeam (10-12m) height Cut away from building (currently touching) by 1.5-2m.

Received
2 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coley Ward
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided29 Feb

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Berkeley Court Coley Avenue Reading RG1 6LH. Reading has handled 186 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Russell Street and Castle Hill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Coley Ward. We hold 481 applications in total for the RG1 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Reading Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG1 6LH
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2024
Target decision date
12 February 2024
Application expires
8 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Russell Street and Castle Hill
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Russell Street / Castle Hill
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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