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20 Heather Close Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4PX

260723Decided

Decided on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Split Decision

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

Proposal

Application for works to Protected Tree(s) – TPO 1265/2008 to reduce the canopy of one Oak tree by approximately 3 metres, reduce lateral spread by approximately 2.5–3 metres away from the dwelling, remove a large branch, thin the crown by up to 20%, and remove deadwood.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Finchampstead
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 167 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 20 Heather Close Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4PX. Wokingham has handled 8,405 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Finchampstead. We hold 2,032 applications in total for the RG40 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG40 4PX
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Finchampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
14 April 2026
Consultation start
31 March 2026
Consultation end
14 April 2026
Application expires
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Toby Fox
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

Source: Wokingham

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