St Gabriels Convent The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HU

1. 20 Aug 2025

   Received by West Berkshire

2. 12 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 November 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   West Berkshire took a median of 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• Maplewood The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  26/01326/TPW Submitted 17 Jun 2026 100 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~17 Aug

  T1 - Copper Beech: Crown lift to 3 metres from ground level all around making no cuts larger than 50mm. Crown reduce the upper crown area over the house side only by 3 metres to tidy the shape again no cuts to be larger than 50mm. Height and overall spread of the tree will not change.

  Decided Trees

• Elmhurst The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  26/01986/TPW Submitted 10 Sep 2026 100 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

  Group of 4x Sycamore and 1x Oak: Reduce overhang to growth points. Approx 3 metres of overhang to be reduced inwards. Group of trees is approx 15 metres in height. Approx 0.6m at base. The spread over Windmill Hill is approx 9 metres. Reduce to approx 6 metres of overhang.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• Elmhurst The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  25/02475/5DAY Submitted 28 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  Removal of fallen tree

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• The Sycamores The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  20/00686/TPW Submitted 5 Mar 2020 150 yards away

  T3 - Silver Birch - Cut back by no more than 2m to property line cutting all the way up to the top of the crown. T4 - Beech - Cut back by 2m to property line the higher overhanging branches

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• The Rowans The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  20/00683/TPW Submitted 5 Mar 2020 200 yards away

  T2 - Oak - Crown lift lower smaller branches, to a height of approx 6m from ground level. T5 - Chestnut - Deadwood

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Maplewood The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX

  20/00685/TPW Submitted 5 Mar 2020 200 yards away

  T1 - Beech - Cut back overhanging branches to property line cutting all the way up to top of the crown

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 26/02245/FUL Awaiting decision

  Ashdown House The Slade Bucklebury Reading RG7 6TE

  Erection of an agricultural barn for the storage of machinery, vehicles, feed and associated materials, together with ancillary workspace and animal welfare facilities.

  Received 14 Oct, published by the council 20 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/02218/FUL Awaiting decision

  Little Heath Court Little Heath Road Tilehurst Reading RG31 5TX

  Erection of four standalone supported living units, a sensory unit with staff office space and ancillary works, associated with the existing care facility.

  Received 12 Oct, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/02214/FUL Awaiting decision

  West Berkshire Council West Berkshire Council Offices Market Street Newbury RG14 5LD

  TEST TEST TEST

  9 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/01708/FUL Granted

  Unit 1 Fleming Road Newbury RG14 2DE

  Retrospective: Erection of 17 metres of 2 metre high palisade steel safety fence to prevent the public walking across the forecourt of the unit. The fencing does not prevent line of sight across the forecourt and is similar to safety fencing already erected on the neighbour sites.

  Received 6 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Full applications
• 26/02133/FUL Awaiting decision

  Sculpture and Photography Department Bradfield College Bradfield Reading RG7 6AU

  Replacement of gantry

  Received 2 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Full applications