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8 Park Avenue Wokingham RG40 2AJ

240691TreesRefused

Refused on 19 March 2024

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

Proposal

Regulation 14(2) notification for works to protected tree(s) TPO 1818/2021, Area 1 Scots Pine, To reduce in height. Proposal is to reduce the tree to its natural fork which should enable it to spread out from lower branches.

Received
18 March 2024
Ward
Emmbrook
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Park Avenue Wokingham RG40 2AJ. Wokingham has handled 591 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 weeks quicker than Wokingham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Emmbrook. We hold 2,031 applications in total for the RG40 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
RG40 2AJ
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2024
Application expires
23 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Appeal history

3356199
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 April 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    19 Apr

    Householder application for proposed side extension to the existing carport

    ApprovedFull241011

Source: Wokingham

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