Balliol College Broad Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3BJ Data via plota.co.uk
26/02602/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area
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Proposal
Fell no.1 Copper Beech Tree as specified by Mr Robert Brown in the Central Conservation Area. T301 Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea', felling and complete removal Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
23 Oct 2026
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Consultation
30 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 4 Dec 2026
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 20 Nov 2026, from Oxford's recent tree and landscaping works.
Documents 8
Application forms 1
Site constraints 10
70 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Trinity College, West Range, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 18 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 50 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.
Show all 70 with distances
- 0 mTrinity College, West RangeGrade I
- 5 mTrinity College, Kitchen (on North West)Grade I
- 9 mTrinity College, North RangeGrade I
- 14 mTrinity College, West RangeGrade I
- 15 mTrinity College, South RangeGrade I
- 22 mBalliol College, Hall Range on North SideGrade II
- 33 mTrinity College, East RangeGrade I
- 38 mTrinity College, Boundary Wall With Balliol CollegeGrade II
- 41 mTrinity College, North RangeGrade I
- 41 mTrinity College, Screen on East of Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 45 mTrinity College, Presidents LodgingGrade II
- 46 mTrinity College, Screen Between the Chapel and the Presidents LodgingGrade II
- 53 mBalliol College, Chapel, Front QuadrangleGrade II
- 58 mTrinity College, Bust of Cardinal Newman in the College GardenGrade II
- 59 mBalliol College, Library, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 65 mBalliol College, Salvin Tower, Front QuadrangleGrade II
- 65 mBalliol College, Brackenbury Buildings, Front QuadrangleGrade II
- 66 mSt Johns College, Holmes Building (to South of Old Library)Grade I
- 67 mTrinity College, Wall of Presidents GardenGrade II
- 69 mBalliol College, Old Hall (New Library) and Masters Lodging, Front QuadrangleGrade I
- 72 mTrinity College, Gateway to Garden Between East Range and the Presidents LodgingGrade II
- 73 mSt Johns College, Canterbury QuadrangleGrade I
- 75 mTrinity College, East RangeGrade II
- 79 m1, St Giles StreetGrade II
- 82 mSt Johns College, South RangeGrade I
- 84 mBalliol College, Salvin Buildings, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 84 mBalliol College, Range North of Basevi Buildings, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 85 mBalliol College, Range in North West Angle, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 90 mBalliol College, Basevi Buildings, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 92 mBalliol College, Masters Lodging, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 96 mTrinity College, South Range With the Main GateGrade II
- 98 mSt Johns College, East RangeGrade I
- 98 mTrinity College, Kitchen Entrance on St Giles StreetGrade II
- 98 mTrinity College, North Boundary Wall of Garden Forming the Boundary With St Johns CollegeGrade II
- 104 mChurch of St Mary MagdalenGrade I
- 105 mThe Martyrs MemorialGrade II*
- 105 mBalliol College, Fisher Buildings, Garden QuarangleGrade II
- 106 mBalliol College, Bristol Buildings, Garden QuadrangleGrade II
- 111 mTrinity College, New LibraryGrade II
- 112 mSt Johns College, Screen Fronting St Giles StreetGrade II
- 117 mTrinity College, Kettell HallGrade II*
- 123 mSt Johns College, West RangeGrade I
- 125 m11, Broad StreetGrade II
- 125 m12, Broad StreetGrade II
- 126 m7 and 8, Broad StreetGrade II
- 126 m13, Broad StreetGrade II
- 126 m14, Broad StreetGrade II
- 126 m15, Broad StreetGrade II
- 127 m17 and 18, Broad StreetGrade II
- 127 m16, Broad StreetGrade II
- 128 mTrinity College, South Boundary Wall of Garden Forming the Boundary With the Bodleian LibraryGrade II
- 128 m6, Broad StreetGrade II
- 128 m19 and 20, Broad StreetGrade II
- 128 mNew Bodleian LibraryGrade II
- 129 m53, Broad StreetGrade II
- 129 m21, Broad StreetGrade II
- 130 mSt Johns College, North Range Including Chapel and HallGrade I
- 130 m22, Broad StreetGrade II
- 131 m23-25, Broad StreetGrade II
- 132 mThe White Horse Public HouseGrade II
- 136 mThe Randolph HotelGrade II
- 137 m17-19, Turl StreetGrade II
- 138 mMgm CinemaGrade II
- 139 mExeter College, Broad Street BuildingsGrade II
- 140 m50 and 51, Broad StreetGrade II
- 141 mThe Ashmolean Museum and the Taylor InstituteGrade I
- 146 mSt Johns College, Senior Common RoomGrade I
- 148 mBastion 5 Between Cornmarket Street and Catte StreetGrade II
- 149 m48 and 49, Broad StreetGrade II
- 149 m13, Ship StreetGrade II
Registered park or garden: Trinity College
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Scheduled monument about 155 m away: Oxford city walls
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.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 827 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Oxford built-up area; Priority habitat about 50 m away: Traditional orchard.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
Checked on 1 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
Decision outlook
Day 19 of the 56-day target. Oxford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 27.
Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
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 5 Nov 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15320546
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15320546
- Consultation
- 30 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 20 Nov 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 4 Dec 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
Works to various trees as specified by Mr. Robert Douglas Brown in the Central Conservati…
2025
Approved
Works to various trees as specified by Mr. Robert Douglas Brown in the Central Conservati…
2025
Approved
Works on 1No Holly Tree as specified by Mr. Robert Douglas Brown in the Central Conservat…
2025
Approved
Works on 1No Holly Tree as specified by Mr. Robert Douglas Brown in the Central Conservat…
2025
Approved
Fell 1no Azara Microphylla tree (T5) and 1no Cotoneaster Frigidus tree (TX) as specified…
2025
Approved
Fell 1no Azara Microphylla tree (T5) and 1no Cotoneaster Frigidus tree (TX) as specified…
2025
Approved
Works to 1no. Magnolia tree as specified by Douglas Brown in the Central conservation are…
2025
Approved
Works to 1no. Magnolia tree as specified by Douglas Brown in the Central conservation are…
2024
Approved
Remove 1no. Rowan Tree as specified by Chris Munday in the Central Conservation Area.
2024
Approved
Remove 1no. Rowan Tree as specified by Chris Munday in the Central Conservation Area.
2023
Approved
Alterations to 1no door and 3no windows to west elevation and 2no windows to south elevat…
2023
Approved
Alterations to 1no door and 3no windows to west elevation and 2no windows to south elevat…
2023
Approved
Refurbishment of basement area of the Bernard Sunley building including music room, lectu…
2023
Approved
Refurbishment of basement area of the Bernard Sunley building including music room, lectu…
2022
Approved
Works to 1no. Copper Beech Tree and 1no. Horse Chestnut Tree as specified by Skelton Tree…
2022
Approved
Works to 1no. Copper Beech Tree and 1no. Horse Chestnut Tree as specified by Skelton Tree…
2019
Approved
Installation of stone ramp with railing, ground floor lights and iron gates to north elev…
2019
Approved
Installation of stone ramp with railing, ground floor lights and iron gates to north elev…
2019
Approved
Removal of internal walls and suspended ceilings and internal alterations to re-locate th…
2019
Approved
Removal of internal walls and suspended ceilings and internal alterations to re-locate th…
2016
Approved
Proposed masonry replacement and repairs to roof coverings, including replacement of defe…
2016
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Fell 1no. Cornus Mas Tree, Reduce crown of 1no. Sycopsis Tree by 20%, Reduce crown of 1no…
2016
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Conservation and protection of two ancient stained glass windows in Balliol College Chape…
2016
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Conservation and protection of two ancient stained glass windows (n4 and n5) in Balliol C…
2016
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Fell 2No. Yew Trees and 1No. Griselinia, Crown Reduction by 0.3m 1No. Variegated Holly an…
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2024
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2023
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Installation of 33no. ground source heat pumps and associated equipment. Conversion of ex…
2023
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Installation of 33no. ground source heat pumps and associated equipment. Conversion of ex…
2023
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Alterations to interior of Jackson Building to include alterations to M&E installations…
2023
Approved
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Alterations to interior of Jackson Building to include alterations to M&E installations…
2023
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2023
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Works to 1no. Magnolia tree as specified by Arbor Vitae Oxford in the Central Conservatio…
2021
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Provision of bin stores.
2021
Withdrawn
Trinity College Broad Street Oxford OX1 3BH
Provision of bin stores.
2021
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Erection of a single storey enclosed bin store.
2021
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Erection of a single storey enclosed bin store.
2017
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Reduce crown of 1No. Horse Chestnut tree (T287) by 40% in Central Conservation Area.
2017
Approved
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Reduce crown of 1No. Horse Chestnut tree (T287) by 40% in Central Conservation Area.
2017
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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
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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
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