Gable Cottage 11 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE Data via plota.co.uk

26/02239/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area Case Officer Assigned
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Holly - tree has two main trunks, one of which is to be cut back to a single trunk. Tree to be pollarded at a height of 3 metres. The regrowth at 3 metres to be shaped and maintained. T2 Holly - Tree to be pollarded at a height of 3 metres. The regrowth at 3 metres to be shaped and maintained. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 8 Oct 2026, from Cherwell's recent tree works.

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Other documents 6

PDF Case Correspondence Document · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Case Correspondence Document · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 2

Rousham 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.
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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Cherwell
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Postcode
OX25 5LE
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides tree works by day 41.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
86%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
193decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
T1 Ilex aquifolium (common holly). Removal of one of two trunks at fork approx. 2 metres…
25/00512/TCA
2025
T1 Ilex aquifolium (common holly). Removal of one of two trunks at fork approx. 2 metres…
25/00512/TCA
2024 Approved
Damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia) (T1) Fell. Overhanging pavement and at risk of…
24/01869/TCA
2024 Approved
Damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia) (T1) Fell. Overhanging pavement and at risk of…
24/01869/TCA
2020 Approved
T1, T2 x Holly - Reduce crown by 50% to reduce shading of garden.
20/00203/TCA
2020 Approved
T1, T2 x Holly - Reduce crown by 50% to reduce shading of garden.
20/00203/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Bunny End 22 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Ash, Crown reduce by removing 2m in height and 4m in total crown spread, removing up to 4…
25/03186/TCA
2025 Approved
Bunny Row Cottage 21 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Raise chimney height from 1.2m to 1.8m.
25/02560/F
2025 Approved
Bunny Row Cottage 21 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Raise chimney height from 1.2m to 1.8m.
25/02562/LB
2025
Bunny End 22 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Ash, Crown reduce by removing 2m in height and 4m in total crown spread, removing up to 4…
25/03186/TCA
2025 Approved
Bunny Row Cottage 21 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Raise chimney height from 1.2m to 1.8m.
25/02560/F
2025 Approved
Bunny Row Cottage 21 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Raise chimney height from 1.2m to 1.8m.
25/02562/LB
2025 Approved
Rectory Farm Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH
T1-2 (Beech) reduce lower laterals over neighbours garden by up to 2m (laterals below 5m…
25/02193/TPO
2025 Approved
Rectory Farm Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH
T1-2 (Beech) reduce lower laterals over neighbours garden by up to 2m (laterals below 5m…
25/02193/TPO
2025 Approved
Glebe House Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH
FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 (Pine) - fell tree
25/01766/TPO_5
2025 Approved
Glebe House Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH
FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 (Pine) - fell tree
25/01766/TPO_5
2025 Approved
Plotten Cottage Orchard Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LD
Himalayan Birch, Reduce by 1.5m to near previous points. Honey Locust, Re-Pollard at a he…
25/01175/TCA
2025 Approved
Plotten Cottage Orchard Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LD
Himalayan Birch, Reduce by 1.5m to near previous points. Honey Locust, Re-Pollard at a he…
25/01175/TCA
2025
Tarramina Orchard Lane Upper Heyford OX25 5LD
Apple, Mature, No longer resistant to canker, low vitality. Fell
25/00065/TCA
2025
Tarramina Orchard Lane Upper Heyford OX25 5LD
Apple, Mature, No longer resistant to canker, low vitality. Fell
25/00065/TCA
2024 Approved
5 Old Rectory High Street Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LL
Lime - A group of four stems maintained annually to create a pollard effect - Repollard…
24/00947/TPO
2024 Approved
5 Old Rectory High Street Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LL
Lime - A group of four stems maintained annually to create a pollard effect - Repollard…
24/00947/TPO
2024 Approved
Sycamore Cottage School Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LT
Sycamore - crown reduce to near previous points, removing approximately 5 years growth.
24/00945/TCA
2024 Approved
Sycamore Cottage School Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LT
Sycamore - crown reduce to near previous points, removing approximately 5 years growth.
24/00945/TCA
2024 Approved
Rectory Garden Mill Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LH
G1 x No 4 Silver Birch - a group of four trees creating screening, reduce to near previou…
24/00950/TCA
2024 Approved
Rectory Garden Mill Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LH
G1 x No 4 Silver Birch - a group of four trees creating screening, reduce to near previou…
24/00950/TCA
2016 Approved
Rectory Garden Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH
Addition of 1 No rooflight and modification to an existing ground floor window to the fro…
16/01671/F
2016 Approved
2 Orchard Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LD
T1 x Sycamore Asymmetric canopy - Reduce in height by up to 50% and reshape as required t…
16/00178/TCA
2016 Approved
5 Old Rectory High Street Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LL
Raise crown of 4 No Holm Oaks - Subject to TPO 4/66/A1
16/01224/TPO
2016 Approved
5 Old Rectory High Street Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LL
4 No. Common Limes, pollard stumps down to 3 metres. 4 No. Holm Oaks, prune back crown to…
16/01207/TPO
2016 Approved
2 Orchard Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LD
T1 x Poplar - Remove limbs which extend over the boundary line T2 x T3 x Picea - Fell
16/00060/TCA
Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cherwell decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #77 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #101 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #247 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #218 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,091
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings