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5 Dauntless Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3NZ

25/02775/TPWTree Works Under TPOApproved

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Approval

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Oak: Large mature Oak: Located in back garden. Remove all major deadwood, reduce lateral growth by 1-2m carrying out radial prune to suitable growth points to manage garden encroachment. Reduce scaffold limb growing towards the house by 2-3m to suitable growth points leaving crown asymmetrical. No wounds to exceed 50mm.

Received
1 December 2025
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Dauntless Road Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3NZ. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days 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 51 applications across Burghfield & Mortimer. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 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
RG7 3NZ
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burghfield Parish Council
District
231

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Target decision date
26 January 2026
Permission expires
22 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ed Jones 1 Keith Lock Gardens Mortimer Reading RG7 3UZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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

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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