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Riverside Park (East) Hutton Close Newbury

Awaiting decision West Berkshire 26/02075/TPC

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

013H - Silver Maple: A large limb split from the tree at the ground level and the exposed wood on the split limb and remaining stem shows extensive decay, the bark on the lower remaining stems is peeling and showing signs of bleed. The health of the upper crown is showing signs of decline. I would like to pollard the remaining stems down from their current height of 15-17 metres to around 4-5 metres; the width of the tree is around 15 metres wide. The hope is that we remove any further risk of splitting out stems and we remove the risk of stem failure to park users, and in time that we rejuvenate the tree and that it comes back healthy.

As published by the council, reference 26/02075/TPC

Application record

Reference
26/02075/TPC
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
24 Sep 2026
Validated
15 Oct 2026

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/02448/TPC Granted

    Riverside Park (East) Hutton Close Newbury

    Willow tree 0670 by stream, in poor condition, one stem fallen, fruiting bodies at base and basal hollowing, plan to coppice stool/all stems to 1 metre Willow tree 067R, pollard to previous pollard points ie reduce to 6 metre standing height and remove 7 metres of regrowth Willow tree 067S, pollard crown by circa 50% to establish new pollard points i.e. reduce from 22 metres in height down to 15 metres.

    Decided 4 Dec 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Sep 2026

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 15 Oct 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 December 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.

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

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