Pooh Corner South End Great Rollright Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5RR Data via plota.co.uk

26/00423/TCA - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Conifer hedge to be removed to ground level. T1 Group of fruit trees to reduce back to previous prunning points and remoce once seletced limb of plum tree. T2 Oregon white oak tree/walnut tree to crown raise by 2 meters removing two of the lowest selective limbs on the right hand side of tree. T3 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Feb 2026
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Approved
26 Mar 2026

Approved on 26 Mar 2026 · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: The House at Pooh Corner
List entry 1251366 · 12 m away · 5 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade II)
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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Historic England ↗
Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Great Rollright Conservation Area 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Great Rollright built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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

Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
OX7 5RR
Received
18 Feb 2026
Validated
18 Feb 2026
Ward
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
Parish
Rollright
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Apr 2026
Decision
Raise no objection
Decision date
26 Mar 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Jack's Trees and Hedges

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 10 days slower than West Oxfordshire's median of 26 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
325decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by West Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Oxfordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
1 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
West Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#60 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
West Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #33 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #46 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #81 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #135 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
72%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,125
Total decisions
59 refused in the year to March 2026

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