Derwent Cottage Somerton Road Ardley OX27 7NS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01628/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

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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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Document · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF Case Correspondence Document · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Case Correspondence Document · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

National infrastructure project about 320 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
The site is about 320 m from the project boundary. Rail freight interchange, under examination.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Conservation area about 6 m away: Ardley
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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 ↗
SSSI about 119 m away: Ardley Cutting and Quarry SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Hunters Cottage, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin · 2 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 ↗
Scheduled monument about 147 m away: Ardley Wood moated ringwork
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Ardley and Fewcott 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

Checked on 6 October 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, 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.

Sales history 4

Last sold for £380,000 in February 2014. Detached house, freehold.

7 February 2014£380,000
15 August 1997£180,000
28 July 1995£149,950
19 April 1995£38,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

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
Decision date
10 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
396decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025
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2025
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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Upgrading of existing hardwood kitchen door by replacing existing glass with clear, 6mm f…
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2022 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017
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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.