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The Bull Reading Road Streatley Reading West Berkshire RG8 9JJ

22/02508/TPWTree Works Under TPOApproved

Approved on 20 December 2022

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - Reduce crown by 4m to below overall woodland group. Clear epicormic/basal growth. G2 - Woodland group predominantly Sycamore - Sever Ivy. Clear epicormic/basal growth. Remove all saplings within 1m of wall and buildings to prevent future damage. Lift and reduce crown parts away from buildings including neighbouring buildings by 1.5m to 21.5m, to suitable growth points or by removing to source where appropriate. G3 - 8 Sycamores and 1 Ash - Situated in the car park. Lift crowns to 4m. Reduce all in height by 3/4m to a final finished height of 12/14m, reduce lateral spread proportionally maintaining as much foliage as possible.

Received
7 October 2022
Ward
Basildon
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Bull Reading Road Streatley Reading West Berkshire RG8 9JJ. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Basildon. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the RG8 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
RG8 9JJ
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Streatley Parish Council
District
533

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2022
Target decision date
23 December 2022
Permission expires
20 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Marc Wastle Unit 5, The Beeches Stoke Row Henley-on-Thames RG9 5RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: StreatleyPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Bull HotelOn this site · +3 more
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +3 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: West Berkshire

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