City Of Oxford College Oxpens Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1SA Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/02357/TPO
Council
Date received
1 Oct 2026
Date validated
1 Oct 2026
Postcode
OX1 1SA

Description

Works to various trees as specified by AFA Consulting Ltd as identified in the Oxford City Council - Oxford & Cherwell Valley College, Oxpens Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2013. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 27 Oct 2026, from Oxford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Day 8 of the 56-day target. Oxford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 26.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
445decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Oxford in the last twelve months, from validation. Oxford decision record →

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 198 m away: Oxford Castle and earlier settlement remains; Conservation area about 61 m away: Central; Tree preservation order about 10 m away: Oxford And Cherwell Valley College Oxpens Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1SA; Flood defence about 19 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); National infrastructure project about 153 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 8 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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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Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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