Land adjacent to 9 Saxon Close Spencers Wood Wokingham RG7 1WW

232603TreesDecided

Decided on 13 November 2023

Council decision: Split Decision

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 1605/2017, T2 and G1 T1, Oak (T2 on TPO) â Reduce to monolith (approx. height shown in submitted photo). T2, Oak (part of G1) â Prune back to boundary fence. T3, Oak (part of G1) â Prune back to boundary fence.

Received: 20 October 2023
Council: Wokingham Borough Council
Ward: Shinfield South

ReceivedReceived20 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Oct
Consult.Consultation6 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Nov

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land adjacent to 9 Saxon Close Spencers Wood Wokingham RG7 1WW. Wokingham has handled 591 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Shinfield South. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the RG7 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: RG7 1WW
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Shinfield

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 October 2023
Consultation expiry: 6 November 2023
Consultation start: 23 October 2023
Consultation end: 6 November 2023
Application expires: 18 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal

Appeal result: N

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12545359
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

Source: Wokingham

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