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Croft Road Hungerford

25/02659/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T5 (Sweet Chestnut) - Remove 4 dying limbs above point at which tree forks out (approx. 5m), Remove basal suckering. T11 (Ginkgo) - Crown lift by removal of 3 lowest branches to avoid future damage from passing vehicles. T17 (Norway maple), T36 (Horse Chestnut) and T44 (Norway Maple) - Prune minor branches away from overhead services to provide 2m clearance. T41 (Norway maple) - Reduce lateral spread by 2-3m, reduce height by 1-2m to reduce end loading and likelihood of branch tear outs. Sucker removal from other sweet chestnuts and singling of sweet chestnut regrowth from stump (T55)

Received
18 November 2025
Ward
Hungerford & Kintbury
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Croft Road Hungerford. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days 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 101 applications across Hungerford & Kintbury.

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

Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hungerford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Target decision date
30 December 2025
Permission expires
8 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
JJH Arboriculture
Agent address
78 Rosebery Avenue Linden Gloucester Gloucester GL1 5EJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hungerford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18, Church CroftOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Source: West Berkshire

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