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Englefield House Englefield Reading RG7 5EN

23/01579/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 July 2023

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Proposal

T1 - Red Oak - Poor union and fungal fruiting brackets at base. Current height 24m, work will reduce lateral branches by 2-3m and height by 1m. Crown to be lifted to 5m to give more light to hornbeam hedge. Cobra bracing will be installed to reduce the risk of branch failure.

Received
26 June 2023
Ward
Bradfield
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Englefield House Englefield Reading RG7 5EN. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Bradfield. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 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
RG7 5EN
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Englefield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2023
Target decision date
7 August 2023
Permission expires
11 July 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Englefield
  • Registered park and garden: Englefield House
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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: West Berkshire

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