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The Old Rectory Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LX

26/00593/TPCTree Works in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: No Objection Raised

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 - Weeping Willow Tree: in rear garden area opposite rear of house. Tree has failed sections in crown. Remove failed sections and reduce remaining crown by up to 4 metres in height and rebalance crown. Final finished height 12m T2 - Willow Tree: adjacent T1 nearest rear Of house overhanging stream. Reduce crown all round by up to 3.5 metres in height and rebalance. Final finished height 12m T3 - Willow: First of two trees on far right of rear garden opposite large ash tree. Reduce crown by up to 4 metres in height and side growth as required to rebalance. Final finished height 10m T4 - Willow Tree: next to T3 with failed section in crown. Reduce height by 3.5-4 metres (approximately just below failed section) and reduce side growth to rebalance. Final finished height 10m

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
Bucklebury
Agent
Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Stanford Dingley Reading RG7 6LX. 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 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bucklebury. 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 6LX
Application type
Tree Works in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanford Dingley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd
Agent address
The Log Quarry Church Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxon OX29 8JF United Kingdom

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Stanford Dingley
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Old RectoryOn this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
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.

Source: West Berkshire

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