Clifton Hampden Bridge, Cliton Hampden, Abingdon, OX14 3EH Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3399/TCA - Works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Large Willow on the east bank of the Thames immediately north of Clifton Hampden Bridge. Tree in leaning significantly out over Thames and over the carriageway, blocking access for maintenance works currently underway. There is also some concern that the tree may fall in the coming years, Partially blocking the Thames and potentially damaging the bridge. Tree is in land owned by the applicant. Tree is currently being reviewed for bats and nesting birds. Proposal is to coppice all limbs to the stump. We would like to do this as soon as possible to limit impact to ongoing maintenance works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
13 Aug 2026

Approved on 13 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 11

Green belt
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath about 1 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.
Clifton Hampden Conservation Area 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Thames Path about 14 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Bridge House, Grade II, about 50 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 7 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 ↗
Green beltCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Flood defence about 12 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Green belt about 15 m away: Oxford; Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

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 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
South Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Postcode
OX14 3EH
Received
5 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
No obj CA works
Decision date
13 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
M Group Transport

How this decision compares

Decided in 8 days from validation, 10 days faster than South Oxfordshire's median of 18 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
519decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
Clifton Hampden Bridge Clifton Hampden OX14 3EH
Masonry repairs to Clifton Hampden Bridge, including localised brick replacement to arch…
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2020 Approved
Bridge House Clifton Hampden OX14 3EH
Demolition of existing lean-to roof and storage room to be replaced with an enclosed vera…
P20/S1022/HH
2020 Approved
Bridge House, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EH
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South Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.6/10
Good
#39 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #89 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #47 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #23 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #89 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #105 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
163 decided (1-9 homes)
56%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,529
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings