4 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S0122/TCA - Works to trees in CA Approved

Proposal

I have honey fungus in the garden and have already lost plants. Currently there are 3 trees which are all showing signs of ill health and which showed the fruiting bodies of honey fungus at there bases this autumn which I would like to remove and dig out their roots. 1. Thugia this had 4 trunks. One trunk was clearly wobbly and as it is on the road edge of the property I had it cut down as soon as I realised, the other 3 are still standing but the leaves have now all turned brown. 2. Cotoneaster. This is also multi stemmed and each trunk has died in turn, there is now only one trunk that has any life. 3. Judas Tree. This is on old tree and has some life still but when the honey fungus fruiting bodies appeared at its base I think it needs to come out and dig out the roots in order to try and save the nearby Magnolia and Beech trees. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Jan 2026
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Approved
30 Jan 2026

Approved on 30 Jan 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Green belt: Oxford
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Garsington 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Plough, Grade II, about 51 m from the postcode pin · 12 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.
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Historic England ↗
Scheduled monument about 142 m away: Garsington village cross
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 226 m away: Garsington Manor; Inside the Garsington built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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 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 £675,000 in January 2006. Detached house, freehold.

27 January 2006£675,000

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

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Important details

Application type
Works to trees in CA
Postcode
OX44 9DB
Received
14 Jan 2026
Validated
14 Jan 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Feb 2026
Decision
No obj CA works
Decision date
30 Jan 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 16 days from validation, about the council's usual 18 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
519decided 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

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Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Feb 2026
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.