Planning application
Coombes Woodland Coombes Lane Barkham
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO(S) 1684/2019 & 1925/2023. T048 Common beech â Remove swings; discourage activity under tree with deadwood hedge; monitor remaining stem regularly, T050 Pedunculate oak â Remove broken branch over footpath, T052 Sweet chestnut â Fell to high stump, T001 Scots pine â Reduce height by 6m retaining trunk as a monolith with short branch stubs for habitat value; top trunk with wooden disk screwed into place if necessary to ensure cavities remain dry, T019 Common beech â Restrict access under canopy by creating physical barriers to prevent pedestrians passing under canopy, T053 Sweet chestnut x3 â Fell to high stumps, T055 European larch â Fell to high stump, T059 Silver birch â Fell to 3m high stumps, T061 Silver birch â Fell and stack, T049 Sweet chestnut â Fell both trees to 6m monolith and retain for habitat value, T060 Sweet chestnut â Reduce dead branches over footpath back to 2m stumps, T051 Common beech â Reduce damaged branch back to 2m stump, T054 Silver birch â Remove broken part of trunk, leaving lower trunk as high monolith for habitat value, G003 Silver birch x3 / Rowan â Fell 4x trees to high stump, T028 Common beech â Remove swing, T030 Sweet chestnut â Remove deadwood over footpath, T056 Silver birch â Fell to ground level, T057 Silver birch / Rowan â Fell to ground level birch stems x2 and damaged Rowan, T058 Sweet chestnut â Fell to ground level.
As published by the council, reference 260960
Application record
- Reference
- 260960
- Status
- Determination Made
- Decision
- Tree Consent
- Received
- 20 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Barkham & Arborfield
- Parish
- Barkham
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Apr 2026
Received by Wokingham
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10 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Tree Consent
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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