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Stantons Church Lane Shinfield Wokingham RG2 9BY

211797TreesApproved

Approved on 19 July 2021

Council decision: Tree Consent

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 1743/2020, AREA 1 T4, Leyland Cypress – Crown reduce to contain height at 11-12m and lateral spread of 3.5-4m. T7, Common Ash – Tip-reduce the outer periphery of a few small branches on the south side sufficient to ensure 1.5m clearance from the neighbouring roof (max 50mm diameter pruning cuts). T10, False Acacia – Remove deadwood. T12, Wild Cherry – Prune the crown to contain at no greater than 8m height and 2.5m radial spread. T14, Leyland Cypress – Crown reduce and maintain crown dimensions to no greater than 12m height and 3.5m radial spread. Crown lift to ensure 3m height clearances from ground level. T15, Leyland Cypress – Crown reduce and maintain crown dimensions to no greater than 12m height and 3.5m radial spread. Crown lift to ensure 3m height clearances from ground level. T16, Ornamental Flowering Plum – Tip-reduce the crown by between 0.5 -1m all over. T17, English Oak - Remove the small broken branch. Trim the adjacent hawthorn shrub close to the fenceline to 2m height and 0.5-1m spread to contain. T19, Elder - Fell/remove and treat stump to prevent regrowth OR coppice and periodically prune to contain. 1-3 years. T22, Elm – Section fell to ground level. T23, Norway Maple – Fell to ground level and grind out stump. T27, Monterey Cypress - Fell and grind out stump. G6, 3 x Apple Trees – Fruit prune, to include reduction of the crown sizes by 3.5m off height and 1.5-2m off lateral spreads. G21, Leyland Cypress - Prune to contain at 10-12m height and 2-3m radial spread (approximately every 2-4 years).

Received
24 May 2021
Ward
Shinfield South
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Stantons Church Lane Shinfield Wokingham RG2 9BY. Wokingham has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shinfield South. We hold 771 applications in total for the RG2 postcode area.

91% of trees applications at Wokingham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG2 9BY
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shinfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2021
Consultation expiry
1 July 2021
Consultation start
17 June 2021
Consultation end
1 July 2021
Application expires
11 August 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09510340
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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© 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.

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