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25/02317/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to various trees as specified by Skelton Tree Services in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation area. T6 - Horse Chestnut to reduce height by 3-4m and lateral spread by approximately 2m. T37 - Ash to remove to ground level (advanced ADB) T41 - Ash to recoppice (advanced ADB) T42 - Ash to remove to ground level (advanced ADB) T58 - Ash to reduce to approximately 9m above ground level T83 - Pawlonia to pollard to approximately 3m above ground level T128 - Sycamore to remove T254 - Willow to repollard. G55 - Group of ADB Ash on riverbank to monolith to 5m/remove to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2025
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Consultation
10 Sept 2025
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Approved
3 Oct 2025

Approved on 3 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Decision · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

IMG Tree officer site photo Photo · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree officer site photo Photo · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ IMG Tree officer site photo Photo · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF T6 proposed reduction Other · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Wolfson College, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
North Oxford Victorian Suburb 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
SSSI about 160 m away: New Marston Meadows 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.
Also on the record
Inside the Oxford built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1271 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 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
OX2 6UD
Received
9 Sept 2025
Validated
9 Sept 2025
Ward
Summertown
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Oct 2025
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
3 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 24 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 12 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14315258
Planning Portal ref
PP-14315258
Consultation
10 Sept 2025
Comments by
1 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Alterations to internal layout of the upper common room including removal of bar and serv…
25/02547/LBC
2025
Alterations to internal layout of the upper common room including removal of bar and serv…
25/02547/LBC
2025 Approved
Fell 1no Handkerchief tree as specified by Olivia Keylock in the North Oxford Victorian S…
25/01818/CAT
2025 Approved
Fell 1no Handkerchief tree as specified by Olivia Keylock in the North Oxford Victorian S…
25/01818/CAT
2024 Approved
Works to 1no. Betula Jacquemontii tree as specified by Home Bursar Chris Licence in the N…
24/02821/CAT
2024 Approved
Works to 1no. Betula Jacquemontii tree as specified by Home Bursar Chris Licence in the N…
24/02821/CAT
2024 Approved
Works to 1no. Sycamore tree (T2 as listed) as specified by Skelton Tree Services in the N…
24/02018/CAT
2024 Approved
Works to 1no. Sycamore tree (T2 as listed) as specified by Skelton Tree Services in the N…
24/02018/CAT
2023 Approved
Erection of a two storey front and side extension to existing squash court building to pr…
23/01194/FUL
2022 Approved
Installation of photovoltaic panels onto areas of flat roof on A, C, E, F, G and H Blocks…
22/00382/FUL
2022 Approved
Installation of photovoltaic panels onto areas of flat roof on A, C, E, F, G and H Blocks…
22/00382/FUL
2022 Approved
Installation of photovoltaic panels onto areas of flat roof on A, C, E, F, G and H Blocks…
22/00383/LBC
2022 Approved
Installation of photovoltaic panels onto areas of flat roof on A, C, E, F, G and H Blocks…
22/00383/LBC
2023 Approved
Fell 1no Sycamore Tree (T1) as specified by Sylvatrees in the North Oxford Victorian Subu…
23/01079/CAT
2023 Approved
Fell 1no Sycamore Tree (T1) as specified by Sylvatrees in the North Oxford Victorian Subu…
23/01079/CAT
2022 Approved
Erection of three storey student accommodation building (use class C2). Provision of vehi…
22/02799/FUL
2022 Approved
Erection of three storey student accommodation building (use class C2). Provision of vehi…
22/02799/FUL
2022 Approved
Fell 1no. Poplar tree as specified by Sylvatrees Ltd in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb…
22/01283/CAT
2022 Approved
Fell 1no. Poplar tree as specified by Sylvatrees Ltd in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb…
22/01283/CAT
2022 Approved
Installation of 36no. Air Source Heat Pumps, alterations to fenestration, and alterations…
22/00199/FUL
2019 Approved
Works to 1no Oak Tree as specified by Mr Abelson in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Con…
19/02772/CAT
2018 Approved
Replacement entrance to the Buttery to include new double glazed units consisting of slid…
18/02210/LBC
2018 Approved
Replacement entrance to the Buttery to include new double glazed units consisting of slid…
18/02210/LBC
2018 Approved
New glass balustrade to be fitted to existing steel balustrade, new lighting, seating, pl…
18/01574/LBC
2018 Approved
New glass balustrade to be fitted to existing steel balustrade, new lighting, seating, pl…
18/01574/LBC
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2020 Withdrawn
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2020 Withdrawn
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
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19/02046/CAT
2019 Approved
31 Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UL
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2018 Approved
Block A448 Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
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2018 Approved
Block A448 Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 6 (Further details - fenestration), 7 (Ro…
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2018 Approved
Wolfson College, Block A448 Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UD
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2018 Approved
4 Garford Road Oxford OX2 6UY
Reduce No.1 Douglas Fir Tree in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area.
18/01838/CAT
2018 Approved
4 Garford Road Oxford OX2 6UY
Reduce No.1 Douglas Fir Tree in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area.
18/01838/CAT
2017 Approved
4 Garford Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UY
Application to certify that the existing sub-division of existing dwelling to create 1 x…
17/03024/CEU
2017 Approved
4 Garford Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UY
Application to certify that the existing sub-division of existing dwelling to create 1 x…
17/03024/CEU
2017 Approved
Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UD
Refurbishment of 'The Buttery' area including the demolition of walls, the replacement of…
17/01892/FUL
2017 Approved
Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UD
Refurbishment of 'The Buttery' area including the demolition of walls, the replacement of…
17/01892/FUL
2017 Approved
Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UD
Refurbishment of 'The Buttery' area including internal and external alterations; the demo…
17/01893/LBC
2017 Approved
Wolfson College Linton Road Oxford OX2 6UD
Refurbishment of 'The Buttery' area including internal and external alterations; the demo…
17/01893/LBC
Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
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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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