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12 Loves Wood Mortimer Common Reading RG7 2JX

Awaiting decision West Berkshire 26/02347/TPW

Works: Trees

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Proposal

T1, 2 - Oaks: Close to from of the house. Remove major deadwood, reduce lateral growth growing towards the house by 1-2m to suitable growth points to manage encroachment to the house T3 - Oak: remove major deadwood and carry out radial lateral prune of 1-2m on the west side of the tree T4 - Oak: In corner of garden. Remove epicormic growth off the stem to 4-5m remove any major deadwood and carry out lateral reductio of 1-2m on the west side of the canopy to manage garden encroachment T5 - Oak: close to the Yew tree. Tree has historical limb failure, remove major deadwood and rebalance canopy on the west side of the canopy by 1-2m to suitable growth points T6 - Oak: behind the garage. Remove major deadwood T7 - Oak: close to the back of the property and the neighbours. Reduce the west side of the canopy by 1-2m to manage encroachment and risk branch drop. No wounds on any of the trees to exceed 75-100mm.

As published by the council, reference 26/02347/TPW

Application record

Reference
26/02347/TPW
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
26 Oct 2026
Validated
26 Oct 2026
Postcode
RG7 2JX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Oct 2026

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 26 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 21 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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