Northcroft Weir Northcroft Lane Newbury

1. 21 Aug 2025

   Received by West Berkshire

2. 5 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 31 October 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with West Berkshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Berkshire decided tree works applications in a median of 51 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 135 Russell Road Newbury RG14 5JY

  26/00014/HOUSE Submitted 6 Jan 2026 113m away

  Installation of extension to side of property

  Granted Householder Extension 16 docs
  Domestic

• 18 Lipscombe Close Newbury RG14 5JW

  26/01141/TPW Submitted 26 May 2026 177m away

  G1 - 2 Sycamore - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 3 meters (finished height of 22meters), ensuring that we do not remove more than 30% of the foliage of any given branch and that all cuts are cut back to growth points.

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 61 Russell Road Newbury RG14 5JX

  23/00445/FUL Submitted 24 Feb 2023 181m away

  Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of three dwellings

  Granted Full applications Demolition 32 docs
  Several homes

• 28 Clifton Road Newbury RG14 5JT

  26/00701/HOUSE Submitted 27 Mar 2026 187m away

  Two-storey rear extension, hip to gable loft conversion with dormer to rear of main dwelling, and replacement of existing outbuildings. Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) and 3 (Materials) of planning permission 24/02175/HOUSE.

  Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer 8 docs
  Domestic

• 1 The Mews Lipscombe Close Newbury RG14 5XY

  26/00392/TPW Submitted 19 Feb 2026 197m away

  T1 - Sycamore: Front of property. Remove lowest spur/stub to tidy. Remove any major dead wood. Tip reduce south side lateral branches that are beginning to encroach over the house roof by 2 meters to suitable growth points. Tip reduce 1 x lowest branch growing west over driveway by 2 meters to suitable growth points. Reduce 2 x lowest hanging branches growing north east by 2 meters to suitable growth points

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 68 Russell Road Newbury RG14 5LA

  20/00495/PASSHE Submitted 25 Feb 2020 199m away

  Proposed single storey rear extension. Dimensions 4.8m from rear wall, 3m maximum height, 2.5m eaves height, 2m width.

  Decided Outline Extension 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/00993/TPC Granted

  White Hart House 4 White Hart Yard High Street Streatley Reading RG8 9JE

  Yew: Fell

  7 May 2026 Trees
• 26/01404/TPW Decided

  13 The Birchwoods Tilehurst Reading RG31 5UH

  1. Conifer Hedgerow of approx 7 trees: On the left hand side of the garden. 272cm tall x 690cm long and 175cm width. Cut them down. 2. Hedgerow of Conifer Trees: roughly 290cm tall. Trim them thinner and trimming the top part to maintain a straight top. 3. For the shrubs, they consist of multiple types of plants. One of them is holly with spiky leaves. For the shrubs, we would like to seek permission to cut off all of them 4. Cherry Tree: Remove

  29 Jun 2026 Trees
• 26/01507/TPW Granted

  22 Barbour Drive Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3FQ

  Oak Tree overhanging rear garden, either option 1) or 2) below: Option 1) Overall crown reduction to BS 3998:2010 reducing height by 2.5-3.0m and sides by max 1.0-1.5m. All final finish cuts to good growth points, with cuts no greater than 65mm at top (50mm for sides) diameter. Option 2) Lateral crown reduction (tip reduction) of southwest to southeast quadrants over rear garden by max 1.0-1.5m. All final finish cuts to good growth points in accrodance with BS 3998:2010, with cuts no greater than 50mm diameter. Blending in at sides.

  8 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01323/TPW Granted

  24 Auclum Close Burghfield Common Reading RG7 3DY

  T1 - Oak (Quercus robur): approximately 18m in height with a crown spread of 8m - Selectively prune branches currently in contact with the dwelling, pruning back to suitable previous pruning points using hand tools to provide a clearance of approx. 1-1.5m from the building (final finish cuts to good growth points). - Remove epicormic growth from the stem. T2 - Oak (Quercus robur): approximately 20m in height with a crown spread of 15m. - Selectively reduce the lowest eastern crown sector over the roof by up to 1.5m. - Undertake a selective crown lift to approximately 5m above ground level. - Selectively reduce the south western crown sector by up to 1.5m to provide approx clearance of 1-1.5m from the neighbouring roof at No. 23 - final finish cuts to good growth points. - Remove epicormic growth from the stem. All pruning works to be undertaken in accordance with BS3998:2010.

  18 Jun 2026 Trees
• 26/01241/TPW Granted

  Rennie Court Old College Road Newbury RG14 1TJ

  T15 and T16 - Chestnut and Sycamore: Crown redcuce the canopy of both trees by 30% leaving as one canopy. Leaving the height of both trees no lower than 15 metres and the radius of the trees no less than 4 metres.

  4 Jun 2026 Trees