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28 Lamorna Crescent Tilehurst Reading RG31 5WF

24/01648/TPWTree Works Under TPOApproved

Approved on 4 October 2024

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Oak: to be crown raised 3.5m over footpath 360 degrees around base of tree and remove 1 low branch to source - Reason - Public safety and general maintenance and unhealthy looking fork. Plus 1-1.5m crown reduction above secondary branch level as per Tree Officer's photo.

Received
5 August 2024
Ward
Tilehurst & Purley
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 Lamorna Crescent Tilehurst Reading RG31 5WF. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer 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 24 applications across Tilehurst & Purley. We hold 275 applications in total for the RG31 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
RG31 5WF
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tilehurst Parish Council
District
139

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2024
Permission expires
4 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Jonathan Smith 1 Thorney House Drake Way Reading RG2 0GZ

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.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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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