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St James' Church Church Lane Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4LU

261710Awaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for works to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO 0998-1976 and notification of proposed works to trees within the Finchampstead Conservation Area comprising removal of deadwood and crown lifting of Oak trees T1 and T2, felling of Holly tree T3, Acacia tree T4 and Cherry tree T6, and dismantling of Beech tree T5 to ground level.

Received
21 July 2026
Decision due
17 November 2026
Ward
Finchampstead
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at St James' Church Church Lane Finchampstead Wokingham RG40 4LU. Wokingham has handled 8,381 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Finchampstead. We hold 2,031 applications in total for the RG40 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG40 4LU
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Finchampstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation start
23 July 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Application expires
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Timber Mill Yard Fleet Road Eversley RG27 0PY

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Hannington
Statutory period
42 days

Appeal

Appeal result
N

Additional information

Documents
11

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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