Home Farm, Waterstock, Oxford, OX33 1JU Data via plota.co.uk

P26/S3959/TCA - Works to trees in CA Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Fell an ash tree shown as T1 on the plan and grind out roots. Tree in conservation area but not subject to a TPO. The tree is a self seeded ash that is growing adjacent to the front wall and gate post at Home Farm an its proximity and roots have damaged the wall and gateposts and will do further damage there and the the stone build stables adjacent. I would be happy to plant a replacement tree on my land or elsewhere in the village but not in this precise location for obvious reasons The tree also interferes with power and telecom cables and 2 posts; statutory authority contractors have regularly cut large boughs from the tree in the past making it unsightly and not balanced Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
7 Sept 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 5

Listed building
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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Waterstock 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.
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) 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.
Listed buildingCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
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Also on the record
5 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.

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Important details

Council
South Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Postcode
OX33 1JU
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Decision
No obj CA works
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Stephen Shipperley

How this decision compares

Decided in 17 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 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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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