Homelea Delly End Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9XD Data via plota.co.uk

26/01972/TCA - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 Nowway Spruce, Reduce height 3m T2 Sycamore, reduce overhanging limbs to avoid more snapping & to stablise T3 Sycamore, redulce limbs overhnaging road to avoid snapping & highway safety Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Approved
15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Hailey 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Hailey built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 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.

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Important details

Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
OX29 9XD
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
Parish
Hailey
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Raise no objection
Decision date
15 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 4 days slower than West Oxfordshire's median of 25 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
459decided 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

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Last counted 16 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
28 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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