Planning application
9 Caunter Road Speen Newbury RG14 1QZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T3 - Sycamore - Rear garden - Crown thin by 5% and reduce east side lateral branches back where encroaching over the roof and BT wires by 2 meters to suitable growth points. Starting length 8 meters - finished length 6 meters. T2 - Beech - Rear garden - Crown thin by 5% and reduce east side lateral branches by 2 meters where encroaching over roof. Starting length 8 meters - finished length 6 meters T1 - Beech - Front drive - Crown thin by 10%
As published by the council, reference 25/02056/TPW
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02056/TPW
- Type
- Tree Works Under TPO
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Newbury Speen
- Parish
- Speen Parish Council
- Postcode
- RG14 1QZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2025
Received by West Berkshire
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Newbury
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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.
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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