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26/01674/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Approved
Proposal
Works to various trees as specified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the Central Conservation Area. T1 Acer Tree. Prune branches to provide 1.5-2 metres from adjacent windows by removing up to 1 metre of growth . G1 Mixed. Prune branches overhanging boundary wall back to inline with boundary by removing up to 2 metres of growth to clear adjacent buildings. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Consultation
15 Jul 2026
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Approved
4 Aug 2026
Approved on 4 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026
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Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 9
97 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: New College, North Range Hall, Kitchen and Chapel, Great Quadrangle, Grade I, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 27 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 68 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 97 with distances
- 1 mNew College, North Range Hall, Kitchen and Chapel, Great QuadrangleGrade I
- 20 mBastion 11Grade I
- 31 mWall to East of Bastion 11Grade I
- 31 mNew College, East Range, Great QuadrangleGrade I
- 41 mWall to East of Bell TowerGrade I
- 50 mNew College, North RangeGrade I
- 50 mNew College, South Range, Great QuadrangleGrade I
- 57 mBastion 12 in New CollegeGrade I
- 58 mNew College, New BuildingsGrade II
- 60 mNew College, West Range, Great QuadrangleGrade I
- 61 mNew College, South RangeGrade I
- 66 mThe Queens College, Boundary Wall on Queens Lane to West of LibraryGrade II
- 67 mNew College, Boundary Wall Fronting New College Lane and Queens LaneGrade II
- 68 mNew College, Bell TowerGrade I
- 68 mNew College, the LonghouseGrade I
- 80 m68, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 80 mNew College, Iron ScreenGrade II*
- 80 mThe Queens College, North RangeGrade I
- 81 mNew College Oxford, Cloister (to West of Chapel)Grade I
- 81 mAll Souls College, Boundary WallGrade II
- 81 m18, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 82 m17, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 82 mThe Queens College, Provosts LodgingsGrade II
- 85 m15 and 16, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 86 mThe Queens College, West RangeGrade I
- 87 m20, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 87 m19, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 87 m14, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 88 m65, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 88 mWall East of Bastion 12Grade I
- 88 mThe Queens College, Terrace Outside the LibraryGrade II
- 90 m24, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 90 m13 and 13a, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 91 mNew College, the Wardens BarnGrade I
- 92 m63 and 64, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 92 mAll Souls College, Boundary Wall With Queens CollegeGrade II
- 92 m25 Holywell StreetGrade II
- 95 m26, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 96 m6 and 7, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 96 mThe Queens College, Fountain in Back CourtGrade II
- 97 mThe Queens College, BrewhouseGrade II
- 97 mThe Queens College, Walls Lining the Lane Leading From the Back Quadrangle to the BrewhouseGrade II
- 98 m61 and 62, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 99 m27, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 99 m12, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 99 m10 and 11, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 101 m9, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 102 mThe Turf TavernGrade II
- 102 m28, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 103 mGatepiers Between Numbers 7 and 8Grade II
- 104 m8, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 108 mThe Queens College, East RangeGrade I
- 110 m29 and 29a, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 110 mNew College, Tutors House (to the East of the Pandy)Grade II
- 110 mThe Queens College, South RangeGrade I
- 112 m58, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 115 m30, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 115 m4, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 115 mHertford College, East RangeGrade II*
- 116 mScreen on the south side of Chapel CourtGrade II
- 116 mBastion 13Grade I
- 117 m57, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 118 m31, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 118 m2 and 3, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 118 m5, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 118 m6 and 7, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 120 m8, New College LaneGrade II
- 122 mHertford College, Chapel, South RangeGrade II
- 123 m56, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 124 mSt Edmund Hall, LibraryGrade I
- 124 mThe Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel)Grade I
- 125 mWall at Rear of Number 7Grade II
- 126 m1, Bath PlaceGrade II
- 126 m5, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 127 m32, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 128 mBoundary wall and screen of Harris Manchester College fronting Mansfield RoadGrade II
- 129 m6 and 7, New College LaneGrade II
- 129 m4, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 130 m96-98, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 133 mThe Queens College, Boundary Wall on Queens Lane Adjoining the ChapelGrade II
- 134 mAll Souls College, the Codrington LibraryGrade I
- 135 m33, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 135 mAll Souls College, Brewhouse RangeGrade II
- 135 mThe Queens College, West RangeGrade I
- 137 mNew College Rooms (Hall Next East of Number 5)Grade II
- 137 m3, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 138 mHertford College, Library, South RangeGrade II
- 139 mHertford College, North RangeGrade II
- 140 m53-55, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 140 mWall, South Side of St Helens PassageGrade I
- 143 mAll Souls College, Wall in Stable Yard to North of Gateway Running Between Brewhouse Range and Wardens LodgingGrade II
- 143 mThe Queens College, Drawda HallGrade II
- 144 m5, New College LaneGrade II
- 145 mAll Souls College, Hall, Kitchen, Buttery and Passage Between Hall and KitchenGrade I
- 146 mScreen Walls Number 34Grade II
- 146 m99, Holywell StreetGrade II
- 147 mWall, East of Bastion 13Grade I
Registered park or garden: New 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.
Scheduled monument about 13 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.
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.
SSSI about 182 m away: Magdalen Grove 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt
Checked on 11 September 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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How this decision compares
Decided in 26 days from validation, about the council's usual 27 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one26d
Council27d
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100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
412decided in the last year
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Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 6 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15073753
- Consultation
- 15 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 5 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
43 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
Approved
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2023
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2023
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2018
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2018
Approved
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2017
Approved
Fell 1no. Malus Tree in the Central Conservation Area.
2017
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2016
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2016
Approved
Prune 1no. Holm Oak tree in Central Conservation Area.
2016
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2016
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Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
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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%).
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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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