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Westbourne House Basingstoke Road Riseley Wokingham RG7 1QS

262179Approved

Approved on 10 November 2026

Council decision: Tree Consent3 conditions

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

Proposal

Application for works to a protected tree under TPO 379/1989 (T2): T1 Cedar – reduce the extending lateral/co-dominant stem by 3–4m, reduce the property-facing side of the crown by 1m, remove one dog-leg lateral stem, crown lift to approximately 4m by removing secondary growth only where possible, provide 1m clearance from the power and BT lines and at least 2m clearance from the property, and remove major deadwood comprising branches exceeding 50mm in diameter at source and 300mm in length.

Received
15 September 2026
Ward
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Westbourne House Basingstoke Road Riseley Wokingham RG7 1QS. Wokingham has handled 8,405 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Spencers Wood & Swallowfield. We hold 1,947 applications in total for the RG7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
RG7 1QS
Parish
Swallowfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2026
Consultation end
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
2 Playhatch Farm Cottages Playhatch RG4 9QX

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Hannington

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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