Barn Court, Toot Baldon, Oxford, OX44 9NG Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3628/TCA - Works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree 1: Thuja - poor form overshaded by a neighbouring laurel. Remove. Tree 2: Laurel - overshading native hedge. Remove. Tree 3: Thuja - chlorotic, heavily overshaded by neighbouring laurel. Remove. Tree 4: Laurel - overshading native hedge. Remove. Tree 5: Laurel - poor form due to heavy overshading of large Juniper. Remove. Tree 6: Juniper - poor unions, tree enchroaching on native hedge and access track and soon to be growing in to power lines. Remove. Tree 7-9: Laurel - large overbearing Laurels, heavily shading native hedge and enchroaching on access track. Remove. Tree 10: Willow - very over-lapsed Pollard. Heavily enchoraching Gelder Rose and Viburnum, causing damage to fence line. Remove. Tree 11: Cherry - very poor historic pruning causing bad form. Remove. Tree 12: Juniper - poor unions at base, with signs of movement. Remove. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 1

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 7

squared dressingstile roofbrick ridge stack. L-plan.
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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Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
Conservation area about 23 m away: Toot Baldon Conservation Area
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
squared dressingsCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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tile roofCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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brick ridge stack. L-plan.Council record
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Also on the record
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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 £1,415,000 in May 2026. Other property, freehold.

15 May 2026£1,415,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area250 m² (2,691 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
South Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Postcode
OX44 9NG
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
No obj CA works
Decision date
2 Sept 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, 4 days faster 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
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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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P25/S4099/HH
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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

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.