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Whickens Barn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AJ

26/00463/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Fell 2no. Silver Birch trees at the front of the property due to excessive shading and minimal amenity value.

Received
24 February 2026
Ward
Ridgeway
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Whickens Barn Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AJ. West Berkshire has handled 578 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Berkshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 1,024 applications in total for the RG20 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
RG20 7AJ
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Ilsley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Target decision date
7 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    27 Feb

    Installation of a single-storey timber garden studio in rear garden

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/00375/HOUSE
  2. 2026
    24 Feb

    Fell 2no. Silver Birch trees at the front of the property due to excessive shading and minimal amenity value.

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/00463/TPC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Feb

    Lime tree -Reduction to previous pollard points

    ApprovedTree Works in Conservation Area26/00285/TPC

Source: West Berkshire

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