Heyford House 13 Church Lane Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01763/TCA - Works To Trees In Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

1 & 2 Acacia - remove - producing more dead wood every year and overhang neighbouring property so they either have to cover or park car elsewhere - dropping dead wood - dangerous 3 & 4 Yew trees - remove - too close to 15 Church Lane - block light - more Yews in close vicinity so no loss of feel to shrubbery area 5 White Beam - Pollard to about 3 metres - made up of multiple stems and one recently split off and fell potentially dangerously and any others doing same could impact neighbours and grade 2 listed wall 6 removev4 dead fruit trees affected by honey fungus (3 Apple and 1 Damson) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
13 Jul 2026
Approved

Approved on · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Rousham 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Lower Heyford built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
OX25 5NZ
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Permitted
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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