Planning application
Elmhurst The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of fallen tree
As published by the council, reference 25/02475/5DAY
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02475/5DAY
- Type
- Tree 5 Day Notices
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- No Objection Raised
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 4 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Chieveley & Cold Ash
- Parish
- Cold Ash Parish Council
- Postcode
- RG18 9HX
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01986/TPW Awaiting decision
Elmhurst The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Oct 2025
Received by West Berkshire
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4 Dec 2025
Decision issued: No Objection Raised
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Berkshire granted permission on 4 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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The Sycamores The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
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
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
T1 - Beech - Cut back overhanging branches to property line cutting all the way up to top of the crown
Granted Trees 3 docs -
St Gabriels Convent The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HU
80% historically approved · decision due ~7 Nov
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Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 47 docsSmall domestic -
Maplewood The Ridge Cold Ash Thatcham RG18 9HX
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
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.
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