Planning application
8 OLD FORGE END, SANDHURST, GU47 9DY
Works: Trees
Relates to 25/00136/TRTPO
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
3 oak trees to the rear of my property have not been pruned for 27 years and are now overhanging the majority of my garden. Ref Bracknell Forest application 25/00136/TRTPO where approval for pruning of similar oak trees was granted.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0627
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0627
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sandhurst
- Parish
- Sandhurst Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- GU47 9DY
Comment by 7 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Bracknell Forest through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2026
Received by Bracknell Forest
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bracknell Forest took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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25/00136/TRTPO Granted
28 Weaver Moss Sandhurst Berkshire GU47 9BQ
TPO 397 - Application to prune 2 trees
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bracknell Forest for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bracknell Forest decided tree works applications in a median of 109 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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