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Racecourse Road Newbury RG14 7GA

24/01111/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 June 2024

Council decision: No Objection Raised

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Proposal

G12 - Horse chestnuts x2 - Reduce new adventurous growth back to old points. Recently monolithed with new adventious growth. South aspect tree showing less vitality than the North. Saprophytic fungi on South aspect stem.T14 - Copper Beech - Reduce North aspect of canopy by 2m to a height of 5m. Canopy hangs too low over North aspect driveway. T16 - Sycamore - Crown lift over footpath to 3m. Canopy hangs low over footpath.G17 - Field Maples x2 - Crown lift over footpath to 3m - canopy hangs low over footpath.T20 - Sycamore - Fell. Poor specimen, no long term viability.T22 - Oak - Crown reduce by 7m to leave at 12m height. In decline, canopy in retrenchment with dieback in tips.T24 - Oak - Monolith at 8m. Tree in decline. Canopy in retrenchment, with limited re growth and major deadwood.G30 - Plane x2 and Cherry x1 - Crown lift to 3m as crown hangs low over car parkT31 - Plane - Crown lift to 5m on South eastern aspect. Hangs low over the car park.G39 - Beech x2 - Crown lift over footpath to 3m. Crown hangs low over footpath.G41 - Beech x5 - Crown lift to 3m over footpath and 5m over roadside. Crown hangs low over path and road

Received
3 June 2024
Ward
Newbury Greenham
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Racecourse Road Newbury RG14 7GA. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Newbury Greenham. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 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
RG14 7GA
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greenham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Target decision date
15 July 2024
Permission expires
21 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Andrew Jones 10 Crispin Place Wallingford OX10 0DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 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.

  • Conservation area: Stroud GreenPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +8 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Source: West Berkshire

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