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The Old School House Thames Street Sonning Wokingham RG4 6XS

232551TreesApproved

Approved on 22 November 2023

Council decision: No objection CA

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

Proposal

SECTION 211 NOTIFICATION FOR WORKS IN A CONSERVATION AREA G1, Mixed Species - Re-pollard trees and fell small dead yew. T3, Elm - Fell dead tree to just above ground level. T4, Hazel - Coppice hazel against house. T5, Elms - Dismantle dying trees to just above ground level. G2, Mixed species - Cut back to give approx. 1.5m clearance to the building.

Received
15 October 2023
Ward
Sonning
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old School House Thames Street Sonning Wokingham RG4 6XS. Wokingham has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wokingham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Sonning. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
RG4 6XS
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sonning

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2023
Consultation expiry
30 October 2023
Consultation start
16 October 2023
Consultation end
30 October 2023
Application expires
26 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Cressingham Road Reading RG2 7RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12530889
Documents
8

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

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. 2023
    15 Oct

    SECTION 211 NOTIFICATION FOR WORKS IN A CONSERVATION AREA G1, Mixed Species - Re-pollard trees and fell small…

    This applicationApprovedTrees232551
  2. 2023
    15 Oct

    APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 1675/2019

    ApprovedTreesFiled alongside232553

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