Planning application
69 ROTHERFIELD WAY, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8PJ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
There is a laurel tree in my back garden that needs be be pruned as it’s branches are reaching the house roof
As published by the council, reference PL/26/1258
Application record
- Reference
- PL/26/1258
- Type
- Works to a Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 21 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 21 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Emmer Green Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- RG4 8PJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Sep 2026
Received by Reading
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22 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Reading took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Reading for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Reading decided tree works applications in a median of 35 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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In Reading
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PL/25/0915 Granted
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PL/26/1103 Decided
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Pollard 1 x lime tree. 1m crown reduction for 1 x cherry tree. Removal of dead tree. Reducing one limb of a magnolia tree by 1m.
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PL/26/1129 Granted
194 UPPER WOODCOTE ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7JU
Branch pruning and crown lifting to Two trees: T6 (Pine) and T7 (Monteray Pine)
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PL/26/1256 Awaiting decision
WARREN CREEK, THE WARREN, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7TQ
Tree works application for T7 Ash, shown as T7 (TPO) on Tree Protection Plan WARREN CREEK TPP 06942/2026 0.2., proposed works, fell Ash to ground level.
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PL/26/1198 Split decision
10 RIDGE HALL CLOSE, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7EP
Fell 2 Ash trees