University College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4BH Data via plota.co.uk
25/03013/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area
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Proposal
Fell 1no Robinia Pseudoacacia Tree as specified by Mr Thomas Bartlett in the Central Conservation area. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
13 Nov 2025
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Consultation
17 Nov 2025
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Approved
12 Dec 2025
Approved on 12 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 10
119 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Universiy College, South Range Including Chapel, Hall and Kitchen, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 31 Grade I, 8 Grade II*, 79 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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- 0 mUniversiy College, South Range Including Chapel, Hall and KitchenGrade I
- 1 mUniversity College, West RangeGrade I
- 16 mUniversity College, the Main LibraryGrade II
- 29 mUniversity College, New Range, on the High Street to the West of the Main QuadrangleGrade II
- 31 mUniversity College, Shelley MemorialGrade II
- 32 mUniversity College, Gatehouse University College, North RangeGrade I
- 34 m3, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 34 mUniversity College, East RangeGrade I
- 45 m90, High StreetGrade II
- 48 mUniversity College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald StreetGrade II
- 49 m91, High StreetGrade II
- 50 m2, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 50 mUniversity College, Radcliffe QuadrangleGrade I
- 54 mUniversity College, Wall on the South Side of Radcliffe QuadrangleGrade II
- 55 m92 and 93, High StreetGrade II
- 58 mUniversity College, Masters LodgingGrade II
- 59 m4 and 5, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 59 mTennis CourtGrade II
- 62 mAll Souls College, Central Range on High Street Between the South East Range of Front Quadrangle and the Wardens LodgingGrade II
- 62 mAll Souls College, Wardens LodgingGrade II*
- 63 mAll Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High StreetGrade I
- 64 mK6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 32 High StreetGrade II
- 65 m5, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 66 m3, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 66 m4, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 66 m33, High StreetGrade II
- 66 mAll Souls College, Gateway to High Street at Eastern End of the FrontageGrade II
- 67 m35 and 36, High StreetGrade II
- 68 mStables to South of Number 5Grade II
- 68 m34, High StreetGrade II
- 70 m6-9, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 71 m2, Magpie LaneGrade II
- 72 m1, Kybald StreetGrade II
- 72 mUniversity College, Boundary Wall on Logic Lane on Either Side of the Masters LodgingGrade II
- 73 m37 and 38, High StreetGrade II
- 75 mTudor HouseGrade II*
- 78 mOriel College, East RangeGrade I
- 78 mThe Queens College, Drawda HallGrade II
- 78 mThe Queens College, West RangeGrade I
- 78 mMerton College, the Wardens HouseGrade II
- 79 mOriel College, South RangeGrade I
- 80 mUniversity College, Durham BuildingsGrade II
- 81 mThe Rhodes Building (North Range), Oriel CollegeGrade II*
- 82 mOriel College, North RangeGrade I
- 82 mMerton College, East Garden Wall of the Wardens HouseGrade II
- 82 mPostmasters HallGrade II
- 86 mBeam Hall, With Number 3Grade II*
- 86 mThe Queens College, South RangeGrade I
- 88 mMerton College StablesGrade II
- 89 mChurch of St Mary the VirginGrade I
- 89 mOriel College, Additions on East and South of the East RangeGrade II
- 90 mWall of Number 9 Fronting Logic LaneGrade II
- 92 mOriel College, East RangeGrade I
- 92 mAll Souls College, Wall in Stable Yard to North of Gateway Running Between Brewhouse Range and Wardens LodgingGrade II
- 92 m86 and 87, High StreetGrade II*
- 94 mStreet Surface of Merton StreetGrade II
- 96 m9, Merton StreetGrade II
- 101 mOriel College, East Range Oriel College, North RangeGrade I
- 101 mCorpus Christi College, New BlockGrade II
- 103 mMerton College, North Range, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 104 mAll Souls College, Hall, Kitchen, Buttery and Passage Between Hall and KitchenGrade I
- 104 mAll Souls College, Brewhouse RangeGrade II
- 104 mMerton College, Screen Wall of the Wardens HouseGrade II
- 104 m85, High StreetGrade II
- 105 mOriel College, Wall Fronting Magpie LaneGrade II
- 105 mMerton College, St Albans QuadrangleGrade II
- 108 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 108 mUniversity Examination SchoolsGrade II
- 109 mWall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the VirginGrade II
- 111 m84, High StreetGrade II
- 112 mMerton College, East Range, Front QuadrangleGrade II
- 117 mThe Queens College, East RangeGrade I
- 117 m83, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 119 mOriel College, Pump and Cistern in Back QuadrangleGrade II
- 119 mMerton College, Chapel, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 121 m5, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 121 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 122 m102 AND 103, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 122 m3 and 4, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 122 m6, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 122 mOriel College, Boundary WallGrade II
- 124 m7 and 8, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 124 mThe Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel)Grade I
- 125 mAll Souls College, East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle
- 126 mStreet SurfaceGrade II
- 127 m9 and 10, Oriel StreetGrade II
- 128 m12, Oriel StreetGrade II*
- 128 mMerton College, South Range Fitzjames Gateway, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 130 mOriel College, Addition on South of Carter BuildingGrade II
- 130 m2, QUEENS LANE (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 130 mMerton College, South Range Hall, Front QuadrangleGrade II*
- 130 mWall and Doorway Adjoining the Examination Schools and to the West of ThemGrade II
- 131 m104, High StreetGrade II
- 131 mThe Queens College, BrewhouseGrade II
- 133 m1-7, Oriel SquareGrade II
- 133 mMerton College, Sacristy (to South East of Chapel)Grade I
- 134 mMerton College, Fellows QuadrangleGrade I
- 135 mMerton College, Screen on Merton Street, Being the Gateway to Merton GroveGrade II
- 135 mThe Queens College, South RangeGrade I
- 135 m13, Merton StreetGrade II
- 136 m2, Queens LaneGrade II
- 136 mOriel College, South RangeGrade I
- 136 mThe Queens College, West RangeGrade I
- 137 m105, High StreetGrade II
- 137 mCorpus Christi College, Emily Thomas BuildingGrade II
- 137 mThe Queens College, Walls Lining the Lane Leading From the Back Quadrangle to the BrewhouseGrade II
- 137 mBrasenose College, East Range and Eastern Part of South Range, Third QuadrangleGrade II
- 139 mBrasenose College, Principals LodgingGrade II
- 139 mMerton College, North Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
- 139 mMerton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans QuadrangleGrade II
- 140 mNew College, the Wardens BarnGrade I
- 141 m106 and 107, High StreetGrade II*
- 141 mOriel College, West RangeGrade I
- 141 mMerton College, East Range, Mob QuadrangleGrade I
- 142 m42 and 43, High StreetGrade II
- 143 mSedan HallGrade II
- 143 mSt Edmund Hall, South RangeGrade II
- 145 mThe Queens College, Terrace Outside the LibraryGrade II
- 149 mThe Queens College, Provosts LodgingsGrade II
Central conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Article 4 direction
Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: The City of Oxford
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 103 m away: Merton College; Scheduled monument about 187 m away: Oxford city walls; SSSI about 340 m away: Magdalen Grove SSSI; Inside the Oxford built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1028 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 29 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one29d
Council27d
UK37d
99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
608decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14486703
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14486703
- Consultation
- 17 Nov 2025
- Comments by
- 8 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Installation of 1no. lift and provision of accessible toilet facility to first floor.
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2017
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2016
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2016
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Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions
Oxford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #261 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).
Frequently extends decision deadlines
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Oxford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #159 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #205 of 296
43%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #261 of 296
57%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #259 of 296
61%
Minor dwellings approved
64 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
117 decided
1,150
Total decisions
140 refused in the year to March 2026
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