Derwent Cottage Somerton Road Ardley OX27 7NS Data via plota.co.uk
26/01628/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Approved
Proposal
*Edited T8 and T9 removed from application* T1 - Sycamore - crown reduce by up to 6 metres in height and 3 metres in crown spread T2 - Cherry - remove deceased tree and replace T3 - Whitebeam - crown reduce by 1 metre T4 - Photinia - crown reduce by 1 metre T5 - Cherry Plum - crown reduce by 1 metre T6 - Magnolia - crown reduce by 1 metre T7 - Silver Birch - crown reduce by 2 metres, removing up to 2.5 metres… Data via plota.co.uk
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Approved on · Last checked 7 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Site constraints 3
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Ardley and Fewcott built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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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- Council
- Cherwell
- Application type
- Works To Trees In Conservation Area
- Postcode
- OX27 7NS
- Received
- 30 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Fringford And Heyfords
- Parish
- Ardley With Fewcott
- Target decision
- 11 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Permitted
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Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
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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%).
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for householder decisions
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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
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