The Old Cottage Middle Lane Balscote OX15 6JP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01769/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Edited T1: Maple ~ Crown reduction by 2.5m all round, reducing uprights back to previous points or suitable unions. These works will include a general crown thin and dead wood removal. T2: Goat Willow ~ Pollarding of all stems down to approximately 3m at point of first branch union, to allow to re generate as low pollard poles. (These works will require a power shut down to allow for safe working) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jul 2026
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Approved

Approved on · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF Application Documents Document · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Documents Document · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Case Correspondence Document · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 3

Balscote 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.
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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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Cherwell
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Postcode
OX15 6JP
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
Parish
Wroxton
Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Permitted

Historical activity at this location

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Cherwell
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#214 of 296 councils
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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