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The Barn House Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TN

P26/S4783/TCAWorks to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 26 October 2026

Council decision: No obj CA works

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Sycamore: The applicant wishes to raise the canopy of the tree to allow more light to the thatch barn to increase the light to the roof and aid in the drying of the thatch after periods of rain, also to allow more headroom for vehicles accessing the drive. Crown lift by removing branches/limbs from the main stem to a height of 6 metres. Prune back branch extending out over the barn in a WNW direction back to an appropriate union approximately 1.5 metres from the main stem. T2: Weeping Ash: Ash with significant dead wood within the canopy and signs that is reverting to Common Ash from epicormic growth. This tree is no longer particularly aesthetically pleasing. The applicant wishes to pollard the tree to a height of 8 metres to hope to encourage new growth and improve the shape of the tree.

Received
16 October 2026
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Barn House Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TN. South Oxfordshire has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 7 weeks quicker than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sonning Eye conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 821 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

100% of works to trees in ca applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG4 6TN
Application type
Works to trees in CA

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Gavin Rees

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Sonning Eye Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Barn at Barn HouseOn this site · +1 more

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.

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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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