Yew Tree House High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

1. 8 Sep 2025

   Received by West Berkshire

2. 11 Sep 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 6 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.

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.

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• 48B High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

  26/02074/TPC Submitted 24 Sep 2026 100 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~23 Nov

  1) The yew is around 40' high and located on the southern boundary of 48B High Street Kintbury adjacent to northern boundary of 3 Wallingtons Road. The Kintbury Conservation Area runs along this boundary. It increasingly blocks light from the cottage below (1 Wallingtons Road) and they have politely requested for it to be reduced in height and width. We have received advice about extent of crown reduction from a arborist/tree surgeon (Higgins Land and Trees of Newbury). The tree is is approx 15m high and 9m across, It consists of many small branches of between 5-8cms diameter radiating out from the trunk. It had been pruned before we bought the property (in 2012) and has not been touched since. We would propose to reduce crown by 1.5m-2m from each side of the crown and 2.5-3m from the uppermost part including the central trunk thus preserving an aesthetically pleasing finish similar to existing but more compact. The finished overall height will be approx 12m.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 48C High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

  26/02165/TPC Submitted 5 Oct 2026 100 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~30 Nov

  The silver birch is approx 15m tall. The top 50% is dead including the main trunk. The tree has been crowded out and starved of water and light for some years. The single remaining main live branch grows out north-west at an angle. This is now growing over the end of the driveway so presents a future risk to people/cars below. We have consulted an arborist/surgeon (James at Higgins Tree and Land Management). He previously did a fantastic job on a nearby yew on same boundary. He recommends removal of birch. Reduction work has already been applied for adjacent Yew which in on next door property, 48B High Street. (T1 on plan: application no: 26/02074/TPC refers.) This tree is currently causing overall light deprivation to all nearby trees as well as cottage. The adjacent trees (copper beech, beech, hornbeam) were planted as a mixed hedge by looks of it when houses built and were not tended when young so have now all outgrown their space.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• Thane Cottage Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TH

  26/01807/TPC Submitted 17 Aug 2026 100 yards away

  As per tree work schedule provided

  Granted Trees

• 5 Wallingtons Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TP

  20/00951/HOUSE Submitted 20 Apr 2020 100 yards away

  Demolish existing conservatory and erect new single storey side extension; extend pitch roof over existing single storey element to allow for first floor extension.

  Granted Householder Extension Demolition 17 docs
  Small domestic

• Michaelmas Cottage 5 Wallingtons Road Kintbury Hungerford Berkshire RG17 9TP

  03/00293/HOUSE Submitted 11 Feb 2003 100 yards away

  Garage conversion to accommodation.

  Decided Householder 3 docs
  Small domestic

• Thane Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TH

  25/01846/COND Submitted 14 Aug 2025 100 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~9 Oct

  Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Garage Door) of approved 24/01293/HOUSE

  Awaiting decision Conditions 2 docs

• 26/02154/TPW Awaiting decision

  5 Tamarisk Court Thatcham RG18 4EX

  T1 - Oak: Cut back lower branches by approx 2 -2.5 metres or to good growths points on the branch. Deadwood where needed

  Received 9 Sep, published by the council 12 Oct 2026 Trees
• 26/01642/TPC Granted

  High Trees Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA

  Please see accompanying recommended works from Jenks tree surgeons. Relates to three purple plum trees. We intend to reduce each by 1-1.5m which will reduce remaining height to approximately 2.5-3m in order to bring the trees back into scale with their surroundings.

  Received 28 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01637/TPC Granted

  6A Donnington Square Newbury RG14 1PJ

  T1 - Laurel: cut to the ground

  Received 27 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01598/TPC Granted

  Icollege Intervention 88 Newtown Road Newbury RG14 7BT

  T1 - Lime: Inside Car Park Area. Re-pollard to old points. The proposed works would not reduce the amenity value of the tree and will allow sustainable tree management in the long term. The works are part of a regular maintenance program to retain the tree at a suitable size of its location.

  Received 21 Jul, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Trees
• 26/01591/TPW Granted

  Southwood Tydehams Newbury RG14 6JT

  T0672 Fell Ash tree T0673 Fell Hawthorn T0674 Fell Sycamore T0675 Fell Sycamore T0676 Fell Ash T0677 Fell Ash T0678 Fell Ash T0681 Fell Ash T0682 Fell Sycamore

  Received 20 Jul, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Trees