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Elcot Park Hotel Elcot Newbury RG20 8NJ

21/03064/TPWTree Works Under TPOApproved

Approved on 15 March 2022

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2- Norway Maple: FellT7- Oak: Remove deadwood up to 8-10cm diametreT10- Scots Pine: FellT12- Oak: Remove the deadwoodT13- Beech: Remove the remaining stem and retain the trunk as a standing deadwood monolithT14- Oak: Reduce the over extended limbs by 4m to reduce the weight and therefore risk of falling branches causing damage or injuryT15- Beech: Remove the whole of the crown above 12m retaining the reaming trunk as standing deadwood habitat. T16- Horse Chestnut: Shorten large, overextended limb on western side by 4m to alleviate weightT18- Cedar: Remove the obvious, massive hangers. Clean the crown of deadwood. Selectively shorten the branches above the sewage facility by 4mT20- Oak: Remove deadwood and IvyT23- Ash: Fell all three stems T24- Chestnut: FellG28- Oak x2: Reduce over- extended branches by 5m. Remove deadwoodT29- Beech: Monolith or Fell and retain stumpT34- Norway Maple: Remove deadwoodT36- Chestnut: Monolith or fell to ground level, retaining stumpT37- Norway Maple: Shorten the overextended branches that are growing in the direction of the cedar by 4m to alleviate weightT41- Oak: Remove the deadwood up to a thickness of 10cm diameter. G44- Norway Maples x3: Crown reduction on selected branches by 4m

Received
23 November 2021
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Elcot Park Hotel Elcot Newbury RG20 8NJ. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.

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

Postcode
RG20 8NJ
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kintbury Parish Council
District
295

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2021
Target decision date
15 February 2022
Permission expires
15 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Emily Darby 26 Fairway Avenue Tilehurst Reading Berks RG30 4QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Elcot Park HotelOn this site
  • Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    26 Nov

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6-Tree Protection Scheme 7-Arboricultural Method…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside21/02994/COND1
  2. 2021
    23 Nov

    T2- Norway Maple: FellT7- Oak: Remove deadwood up to 8-10cm

    This applicationApprovedTrees21/03064/TPW

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    26 Feb

    Retrospective Temporary Planning Permission for the Installation of a Padel Court

    RefusedApplication26/00403/FUL
  2. 2025
    18 Feb

    T1 - Multi stem Ash with Ash Die Back: Fell to ground level

    ApprovedTree Works Under TPO25/00412/TPW
  3. 2025
    6 Jan

    G42 - Leyland cypress x 2 - Fell both trees to ground level and grind out the stumps

    PendingTree Works Under TPO25/00003/TPW
  4. 2022
    29 Apr

    Section 73a: Variation of Conditions 4 (Levels), 5 (Spoil Removal), 6 (Tree Protection), 7 (Arb Method) and 9…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/01053/COMIND
  5. 2022
    28 Apr

    Use of Mews Block and Summit Suite as 9 no. apartments for a mixed use of Class C3 and holiday let (sui…

    ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)22/01042/CERTP
  6. 2022
    11 Apr

    Section 19a: Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of previously approved application 21/01196/LBC

    ApprovedListed building consent22/00905/LBC

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