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25/03158/TCA - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - 1No. young Norway maple within interior of site - fell to ground level T2 - 1No. young silver birch within interior of site - fell to ground level T3 - 1No. SM Ash - poor - fell to ground level T4 - 1No. SM Ash - poor - fell to ground level T5 - 1No. SM Norway maple - within interior of site - fell to ground level T6 - 1No. SM Norway maple - within interior of site - fell to ground level T7 - 1No. SM Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T8 - 1No. SM Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T9 - 1No. young Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T10 - 1No. SM Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T11- 1No. SM Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T12 - 1No. young Ash - roadside - fell to ground level T13 - 1No. young silver birch - fell to ground level Majority of trees within interior - except 4 no roadside ash. Removal required due to poor condition of ash (with ADB), to benefit future of better quality retained trees and to allow for the implementation of substantial new tree planting. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Dec 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TCA RAISE NO OBJECTION Decision Notice · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF YOUNG BIRCH TO BE REMOVED Photo · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF NORWAY MAPLE IN SITE INTERIOR TO BE REMOVED Photo · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ASH IN DECLINE TO BE FELLED Photo · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 2 ROADSIDE ASH WITH EARLY STAGE ADB Photo · 24 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Cotswolds National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Swinbrook 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.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m; Priority habitat 29 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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 1

Last sold for £22,600,000 in October 2021. Other property, freehold.

29 October 2021£22,600,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area899 m² (9,677 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (43 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 16 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, oil, Boiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
West Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
OX18 4DY
Received
24 Dec 2025
Validated
24 Dec 2025
Ward
Brize Norton and Shilton
Parish
Swinbrook
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Feb 2026
Decision
Raise no objection
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Barton Hyett Associates

How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 4 days slower than West Oxfordshire's median of 26 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
325decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14588945
Planning Portal ref
PP-14588945
Statutory expiry
4 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

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2022 Approved
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2016 Approved
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West Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#60 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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West Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #33 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #46 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #81 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #135 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
72%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,125
Total decisions
59 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.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.