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Oak Cottage Basingstoke Road Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1PY

260821Approved

Approved on 27 May 2026

Council decision: Tree Consent2 conditions

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO-1908-2022 T6, Willow – Reduce the overall height down to 12.5m (+/- 0.5m). Reduce the lateral spread on the north, east & south sides 1.5m (+/- 0.5m), respecting the natural weeping shape of the canopy. Remove all deadwood over 30mm diameter. Reason for Works: In the interests of personal safety and long-term tree preservation.

Received
2 April 2026
Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Oak Cottage Basingstoke Road Swallowfield Wokingham RG7 1PY. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Spencers Wood & Swallowfield. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG7 1PY
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swallowfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
13 April 2026
Consultation end
29 April 2026
Application expires
28 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Colette Yan
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

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
    6 Sep

    Application

    ApprovedApplication242275

Source: Wokingham

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