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Tree Cottage Bethesda Street Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NU

24/02445/TPWTree Works Under TPOAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Tree 28, 33, 36 and 38 - Ash: (with Ash Die Back) Fell Tree 25 - Cherry: Fell dead tree Tree 29 and 30 - Oak: Remove lowest large branches and large branch protruding over and in front of the studio. Remove deadwood Tree 26 and 27 - Oak: Remove deadwood Tree 20 - Oak: Crown raise to approx 5 metres. Crown reduction, including a large branch protruding to the north, and shape the crown to reduce the height by approx 5 metres, leaving an approx finished height of 12.5 metres Tree 6 - Sycamore: Crown raise and reduction of approx 5 metres, leaving an approx finished height of 12.5 metres Trees 4-12 and 17-18 (Oak and Sycamore): Crown raise multiple trees by approx 5 metres

Received
13 November 2024
Decision due
3 February 2025
Ward
Basildon
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Tree Cottage Bethesda Street Upper Basildon Reading RG8 8NU. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 8NU
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Basildon Parish Council
District
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2024

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.

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.

© 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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