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Chestnut Cottage Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8RG

26/02355/TPCAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 is an Italian cypress to be removed to ground level that is growing to tall and is located within the front hedge. T2 is a Horse Chestnut in the back garden that is to be pollarded to previous pollard points, This tree is 15 metres and once repollarded by 5 metres its finally height will be 10 metres. T3- Is a Douglas Fir that is just inside the boundary line to be felled to ground level, This is a multistem tree that is hanging over the neighbouring garden T4 & T5 are two dwarf conifers that are to be felled to ground level, both trees have been poorly maintained and are growing over the patio and steps and need to removed to allow for property management. T6- This is another Douglas fir to be felled to ground level, this tree is thinning and in decline. All trees that are being felled will be replaced with native trees on the same site and will be maintained by a tree surgeon until they are established. All work to be carried out to BS3998:2010.

Received
26 October 2026
Decision due
7 December 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 29 October 2026
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at Chestnut Cottage Upper Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8RG. West Berkshire has handled 5,448 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Upper Lambourn conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 695 applications in total for the RG17 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG17 8RG

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

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: Upper LambournPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Garden walls to south-east of the Old Manor HouseOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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