Planning application
High Trees Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 26/01642/TPC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01642/TPC
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- No Objection Raised
- Received
- 28 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Ridgeway
- Parish
- West Ilsley Parish Council
- Postcode
- RG20 7AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00150/CERTP Granted
High Trees Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
The fixing of 11 PV Solar Panels to the south face of the central pitched roof of the property. These will extend no higher than 140mm above the tiled roof surface, below the roof apex, in addition an electric car charger will be fitted on either east or north side walls measuring 320x190x144mm.
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26/00046/TPC Granted
High Trees Main Street West Ilsley Newbury RG20 7AA
Sycamore: Restructure the tree back down to the historic cut points at approximately 12-14m above ground level. This equates to a 50% linear reduction leaving a framework for future regeneration. The spread would be reduced from approximately 20m to 10-12m. Cedar: Prune out top to encourage low growth and limit size of tree given its constrained root zone. The proposed reduction will be of the order of 1.25-1.8m, whereupon the final finished height of the tree will be approximately 5.7m to 6.25m. Bay: Remove and treat stump to inhibit regeneration Beech: Remove Apple: Restructure back to previous pruning points at approximately 2-2.5m above ground level which would be the ultimate approximate height of the tree and would constitute a reduction of approximately 2.5m to 3m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jul 2026
Received by West Berkshire
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Sep 2026
Decision issued: No Objection Raised
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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West Berkshire granted permission on 8 September 2026, 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.
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