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March House 1 Blands Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JY

26/00330/TPWTree Works Under TPOAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1- Oak: Remove all major deadwood, reduce lateral scaffold limbs over the house by 2-3m to reduce risk of branch failure over the house. The rest of the tree carry out overall canopy reduction of 1-2m to suitable growth points to manage garden/house encroachment, leaving crown asymmetrical. No wounds to exceed 50mm. Remove epicormic growth on the main stem to 4m.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision due
10 April 2026
Ward
Burghfield & Mortimer
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at March House 1 Blands Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3JY. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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Application details

Postcode
RG7 3JY
Application type
Tree Works Under TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burghfield Parish Council
District
3

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026

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
2

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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