2 Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8LY

PL/24/1547Consent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 27 January 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Cedar - reduction of cedar located in rear garden of up to 3m of overextended limbs.

Received: 20 November 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Emmer Green Ward

ReceivedReceived20 Nov
ValidatedValidated20 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Nov
DecidedDecided27 Jan

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 SURLEY ROW, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8LY. Reading has handled 186 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Surley Row conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Emmer Green Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 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: RG4 8LY
Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 November 2024
Target decision date: 20 November 2024
Application expires: 15 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13577508
Documents: 3

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: Surley Row
Listed building: Grade II: Springfield, Convent of St LukeOn or next to this site
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, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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© 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.

Source: Reading

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