21 The Villas Rutherway Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6QY Data via plota.co.uk

26/01291/TPO - Works to a tree with a TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to 1no. Alder tree as specified by Top Leaf Tree Services as identified in the Oxford City Council - Rutherway (No.1) TPO, 2015. T1 Alder tree, to reduce the tree by approx 2m and sides by approx 1.5m or back to the old reduction points (as amended 03.07.2027). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 May 2026
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Consultation
2 Jun 2026
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Approved
6 Jul 2026

Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision notice Decision · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 27 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Special area of conservation about 124 m away: Oxford Meadows
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 124 m away: Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common & Green 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.
Conservation area about 17 m away: North Oxford Victorian Suburb
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 ↗
Also on the record
Tree preservation order about 8 m away: The Crescent And Balliol Court Rutherway Oxford Oxfordshire; Inside the Oxford built-up area; Priority habitat about 28 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land about 36 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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 3

Last sold for £875,000 in December 2012. Terraced house, freehold.

14 December 2012£875,000
22 April 2003£415,000
17 March 1997£236,500New build

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

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Important details

Council
Oxford
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Postcode
OX2 6QY
Received
28 May 2026
Validated
28 May 2026
Ward
Walton Manor Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Jul 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
6 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Colin Briggs

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 12 days slower than Oxford's median of 27 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
412decided 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Jun 2026
Comments by
23 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Works to 1no. Alder Tree as specified by Top Leaf Tree Services as identified in the Oxfo…
23/01330/TPO
2023 Approved
Works to 1no. Alder Tree as specified by Top Leaf Tree Services as identified in the Oxfo…
23/01330/TPO
Within ~100m

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Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

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