The Dower Lodge Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES Data via plota.co.uk

26/01555/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

None of the work involves trees, rather they are shrubs, detailed as follows (numbering relates to that shown on the plan): T1 Spirea - reduce by 2/3 (currently 3 metres tall x 3. 5 metres wide) T2 Dogwood Cornus - reduce by ½ (currently 4 metres high x 3.5 metres wide) T3 Lilac - (behind fig) remove runners T4 Viburnum - remove (currently 4 metres high x 2 metres wide) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jun 2026
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Approved

Approved on · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Document · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF Application Document Document · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Case Correspondence Document · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Supporting Documents Document · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 2

Hethe 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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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Important details

Council
Cherwell
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Postcode
OX27 8ES
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Ward
Fringford And Heyfords
Parish
Hethe
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Permitted

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Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Cherwell decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #77 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #101 of 296
47%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #247 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #218 of 296
77%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
96%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,091
Total decisions
90 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings