Becket House Oddfellows Road Newbury RG14 5PU

26/00266/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Maple: Reduce/pollard back to old pollard points T2 and T3 - White Beams: Reduce and shape to old points approx 1.5 metres

Received: 4 February 2026
Council: West Berkshire Council
Ward: Newbury Central

ReceivedReceived4 Feb
ValidatedValidated4 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Mar
DecidedDecided11 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Becket House Oddfellows Road Newbury RG14 5PU. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Newbury Central. We hold 674 applications in total for the RG14 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: RG14 5PU
Application type: Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Newbury Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 February 2026
Target decision date: 18 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Newbury Town Centre

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Berkshire

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