St Marys Church Bucklebury Reading Berkshire

17/00072/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 13 February 2017

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Proposal

T1 to T5 - Lime - Reduce each tree by approximately 30-50% depending on where suitable points can be found to a final height of approximately 4.9m , and trying to get all the trees the same height.

Received: 20 January 2017
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Bucklebury

ReceivedReceived20 Jan
ValidatedValidated30 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Mar
DecidedDecided13 Feb

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Marys Church Bucklebury Reading Berkshire. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bucklebury.

98% of trees applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bucklebury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 January 2017
Target decision date: 13 March 2017
Permission expires: 13 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Roger Molloy 21 Orchard Close Woolhampton READING RG7 5SD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
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.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Bucklebury
National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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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Source: West Berkshire

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