Reading Retail Park, Oxford Road, Reading

PL/26/0974Consent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

G1 - G1 Lime x 2 - Remove basal suckers + G2 Lime x 2 Remove basal suckers and Lift crown to achieve 2m separation with bus stop. G3 - G5 Lime x 5 - Lift crowns to 4m and prune crowns to achieve 1.5m separation and remove overhang to adjacent tasty KFC building

Received: 21 July 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Norcot Ward

ReceivedReceived21 Jul
ValidatedValidated22 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Jul
DecidedDecided28 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at READING RETAIL PARK, OXFORD ROAD, READING. Reading has handled 186 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Reading's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Norcot Ward.

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

Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 July 2026
Target decision date: 22 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15101231
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Reading

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