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Withy Copse Withy Close Tilehurst Reading

25/02777/TPWRefused

Refused on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

See full description in attached Arboricultral report. T01 - English oak tree: Remove two side branches at around 11 m on the southwest side and next branch up at around 14 m on the south side to remove conflict with the house and encourage growth to the west. T02 - Ash tree: Remove low branch at around 5 m on south side to remove conflict with the house. T03 - English oak tree: Remove two side branches at around 8 m and 9 m on the southwest side and reduced the southwestern stem at around 10 m to favour the central stem. This is to remove conflict with the house and encourage growth to the west. T04- English oak tree: Remove the five branches on the southern side of the southern stem from around 9 m to 18 m leaving around 1 m stubs. Remove the southwestern branch on the western stem at around 6 m just beyond an existing branch growing into the woodland. This is to remove conflict with the house and encourage growth to the west.

Submitted
1 December 2025
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 98 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Withy Copse Withy Close Tilehurst Reading. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025

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

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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