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Yew Tree Cottage Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham RG18 0TB

25/02603/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Weeping Willow - Pollard to a finished height of 5m.

Received
11 November 2025
Ward
Ridgeway
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Yew Tree Cottage Church Street Hampstead Norreys Thatcham RG18 0TB. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 1,033 applications in total for the RG18 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
RG18 0TB
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hampstead Norreys Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Target decision date
25 December 2025
Permission expires
7 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Hampstead Norreys
  • Listed building: Grade II: Barn CottageOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Apr

    New dormer and internal alterations

    ApprovedApplication26/00897/HOUSE

Source: West Berkshire

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