44 St John Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2LH Data via plota.co.uk

25/02946/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to 1no Tulip Tree as specified by Mr Charles Webster in the Central Conservation area. It is proposed to reduce the crown of the tulip tree by about 5 meters without altering the present profile. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Nov 2025
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Consultation
11 Nov 2025
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Approved
5 Dec 2025

Approved on 5 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Cover letter Other · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

25 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Nos. 2 to 63, St John Street and 5, Pusey Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 3 Grade II*, 22 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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Historic England ↗
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.
Council document ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden about 99 m away: Worcester College
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 571 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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

Council
Oxford
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
OX1 2LH
Received
6 Nov 2025
Validated
6 Nov 2025
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Dec 2025
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
5 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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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.

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

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Nov 2025
Comments by
2 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
18 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Approved
Works to 1no. Tulip Tree as specified by Mr Charles Webster in the Central Conservation A…
20/02771/CAT
2020 Approved
Works to 1no. Tulip Tree as specified by Mr Charles Webster in the Central Conservation A…
20/02771/CAT
2016 Approved
Prune 1no. Tulip tree in Central Conservation Area.
16/02956/CAT
Within ~100m

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Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
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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
expect longer than the statutory limit
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings