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6 New Road, Reading, RG1 5JD

PL/25/0671Works to a Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: AgreeDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 (acer): Crown raise Acer, removing several lower limbs back to the main stem (particularly overhanging neighbours and shed). We also intend to remove the ivy from the upper crown (see photo), and trim but retain the ivy on the main stem for wildlife. T2 (bay): Reduce bay tree in order to maintain size appropriate for garden

Received
5 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Redlands Ward
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 NEW ROAD, READING, RG1 5JD. Reading has handled 186 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in the Redlands conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Redlands 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 5JD
Application type
Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2025
Target decision date
6 May 2025
Application expires
1 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13975394
Documents
1

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: Redlands
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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