The Chestnuts Main Street Mollington OX17 1BQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Please identify the trees Corkscrew Hazel (T1) - plan to fell because it causes excessive shading to the house (into the living room) and prevents successful growth of vegetation beneath. Common Holly (T2) - plan to fell because it causes excessive shading to the house (into the living room) and prevents successful growth of vegetation beneath. Violet tree (T4) - plan to fell because it is partially dead and gives little foliage. The trees are not subject to Tree Preservation Orders but are situated within a designated conservation area Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Feb 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Site constraints 5
Show all 3 with distances
- 1 mThe ChestnutsGrade II
- 81 mPoplars FarmhouseGrade II
- 142 mLower FarmhouseGrade II
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, 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 £692,000 in May 2018. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Cherwell
- Application type
- Works To Trees In Conservation Area
- Postcode
- OX17 1BQ
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
- Parish
- Mollington
- Target decision
- 10 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Permitted
- Decision date
- 24 Feb 2026
How this decision compares
Decided in 28 days from validation, 10 days faster than Cherwell's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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