Grapevine Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S2373/TCA - Works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T5 Willow - in adjacent property. The tree has failed from neighbouring property. Cut back lowest stem to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jun 2026
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Approved
24 Aug 2026

Approved on 24 Aug 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

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Application forms 1

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Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Long Wittenham 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.
Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
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.
Habitat network: Reedbeds
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Green belt about 54 m away: Oxford.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 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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Other new applications on this street

4 Aug 2026Pending

High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ

Demolition of workshop storage building to construct a one bedroom dwelling

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31 Jul 2026Approved

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1 May 2026Approved

Elm Close, High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ

T1 Scots pine clear power line by 1-2m T2 Fell tree to right of pine

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Nearby new applications

4 Aug 2026Pending

High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ

Demolition of workshop storage building to construct a one bedroom dwelling

P26/S3367/FUL
31 Jul 2026Approved

Mallard Reach, High Street, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 4QQ

G1 3x Willows pollard at 17m

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Important details

Council
South Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Postcode
OX14 4QQ
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
No obj CA works
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 69 days from validation, 51 days slower 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
476decided 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
28 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
Moonfield House 12B High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
Removal of condition 7 (Obscure glazing) on application P18/S1557/HH New single storey re…
P21/S3933/HH
2020 Approved
Riverside Location of Footpath from High Street Long Wittenham
Insertion of field gate in boundary fence to riverside mooring.
P20/S4545/FUL
2020 Approved
Riverside Location of Footpath from High Street Long Wittenham
Insertion of field gate in boundary fence to riverside mooring.
P20/S4545/FUL
2020 Approved
Dawber House High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
Replacement of window with french door into back garden. (works carried out in 2011)
P20/S3205/LB
2020 Approved
Dawber House High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
Replacement of window with french door into back garden. (works carried out in 2011)
P20/S3205/LB
2018 Approved
Moonfield House 12B High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
Small wooden landing stage.
P18/S2292/FUL
2018 Approved
Moonfield House 12B High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
Small wooden landing stage.
P18/S2292/FUL
2018 Approved
Moonfield House 12B High Street Long Wittenham OX14 4QQ
New single storey rear extension, loft conversion, garage conversion and new outhouse bui…
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2018 Approved
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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