Planning application
KINGS ACADEMY PROSPECT, COCKNEY HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4EX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
0567 Common Ash -Triple stemmed tree with tight forks at ground level. 2534 Oak - Branches touch cables on west side. Shorten back laterals to provide safe clearance from the cables. 0571 Common Ash Northern stem grows out towards the road, Southern trunk has been reduced and reshaped. 0574 [2545] Balsam Poplar - Significant crown dieback – Fell to ground level in a controlled manner
As published by the council, reference PL/24/1608
Application record
- Reference
- PL/24/1608
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 2 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 2 Dec 2024
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2025
- Ward
- Norcot Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG30 4EX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Reading register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/24/1248 Granted
KINGS ACADEMY PROSPECT, COCKNEY HILL, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 4EX
Crown lift to 2m above the car park (once a year for 5 years), remove saplings within 0.5m of car park edge.
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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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Dec 2024
Received by Reading
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20 Jan 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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1 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Reading granted permission on 20 January 2025, 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.
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Kings Academy Prospect Cockney Hill Tilehurst Reading RG30 4EX
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