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KINGS ACADEMY PROSPECT, COCKNEY HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4EX

Granted Reading PL/24/1248 Consent under Tree Preservation Orders

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Crown lift to 2m above the car park (once a year for 5 years), remove saplings within 0.5m of car park edge.

As published by the council, reference PL/24/1248

Application record

Reference
PL/24/1248
Type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Received
23 Sep 2024
Validated
23 Sep 2024
Decided
15 Nov 2024
Ward
Norcot Ward
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG30 4EX

Site history

Applications at this address on the Reading register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 230005 Split decision

    Kings Academy Prospect Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4EX

    2513 Hawthorn - Remove major deadwood,ie branches over 50 at source and over 300mm in length and reshape the remaining crown. 25 FloweringCherry - Crown lift to prune clear back from the road to allow high sided vehicles to safely pass by. Reduce and reshape overall by 1.5m in view of the trees age and presence of a fungal pathogen on one major root run. 2528 Pedunculate Oak - Crown lift to 5 above the car park edges. 2559 Ash & Sycamore - Crown lift to clear ab the boundary fence. 0588[2594]Pedunculate Oak - Reduce and reshape t crown by varying amounts according to the current shape i.e. at front(south)

    Decided 1 Mar 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Sep 2024

    Received by Reading

  2. 15 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  3. 27 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Reading granted permission on 15 November 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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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  • Kings Academy Prospect Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4EX

    230005 Submitted 4 Jan 2023 0m away

    2513 Hawthorn - Remove major deadwood,ie branches over 50 at source and over 300mm in length and reshape the remaining crown. 25 FloweringCherry - Crown lift to prune clear back from the road to allow high sided vehicles to safely pass by. Reduce and reshape overall by 1.5m in view of the trees age and presence of a fungal pathogen on one major root run. 2528 Pedunculate Oak - Crown lift to 5 above the car park edges. 2559 Ash & Sycamore - Crown lift to clear ab the boundary fence. 0588[2594]Pedunculate Oak - Reduce and reshape t crown by varying amounts according to the current shape i.e. at front(south)

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