Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

48B High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

Awaiting decision West Berkshire 26/02074/TPC

Works: Trees

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference 26/02074/TPC

Application record

Reference
26/02074/TPC
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
24 Sep 2026
Validated
28 Sep 2026
Postcode
RG17 9TN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2026

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 28 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 1 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 23 November 2026, 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/02165/TPC Awaiting decision

    48C High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

    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.

    Submitted 5 Oct 2026

What happens while it is decided

This application is with West Berkshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Berkshire's median decision took 59 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on West Berkshire's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 48C High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

    26/02165/TPC Submitted 5 Oct 2026 50 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

  • 3 Wallingtons Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TP

    22/00256/TPC Submitted 26 Jan 2022 50 yards away

    Yew: Reduce crown by 25%. The 20m tree is situated within a privet/yew hedgerow which forms the boundary of the CA. The Yew tree has become lop-sided and straggly and outgrown its site in height and breadth. Propose to reduce this tree in overall size to match another yew on same boundary which is 15m in height.

    Granted Trees 10 docs

  • Yew Tree House High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TN

    25/02043/TPC Submitted 8 Sep 2025 100 yards away

    97% historically approved · decision due ~6 Nov

    Yew - Reduce the size by 50%. The current height is approx 10 metres above the road and I estimate that the proposed reduction would bring the height down to approx 6 metres above the road. As per submitted photos

    Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thane Cottage Templeton Road Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TH

    26/01807/TPC Submitted 17 Aug 2026 200 yards away

    As per tree work schedule provided

    Granted Trees