Ripon College, Wheatley Road, Cuddesdon, OX44 9EX Data via plota.co.uk

P25/S4045/TPO - Works to TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T4 (Hazel) - Coppice by 1/3 by removing larger stems. T10 (Beech) - Crown lift to 3m. T11 (Copper Beech) - Remove deadwood and inspect cable brace. T12 (Apple) - Prune back to previous pruning points. T16 (Corsican Pine) - Remove dead branch on the south side. T18 (Scots Pine) - Fell and grind out the stump. T36 (Sycamore) - Remove snapped branch. T40 (Swedish Whitebeam) - Cut back to 1m from shed and remove deadwood. T51 (Oak) â¿¿ Prune back to 0.5m from roof line. T54 (Norway Spruce) - Crown lift to 3m over access road. T63 (Weeping Willow) - Crown reduce by 5m. T64 (Oak) - Remove deadwood. T70 (Yew) - Cut back branches growing over the road by 2.5m. T77 (Judas Tree) - Cut back from building by 1m and install new props. T78 (Yew) - Crown lift to 3m over footpath. G1 (Sycamore) - Crown lift to 2.3m. G3 (Cypress) - Crown lift to 3m over access road and 1m back from roof. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Dec 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

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Other documents 1

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Site constraints 5

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Ripon College, Grade II*, about 29 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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) 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.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 25 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 TPO
Postcode
OX44 9EX
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
18 Dec 2025
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Feb 2026
Decision
Consent TPO works
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 18 days slower 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 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Replacement of rotten, damaged and inaccessible windows with new powder-coated aluminium…
P21/S2983/LB
2021 Approved
Replacement of rotten, damaged and inaccessible windows with new powder-coated aluminium…
P21/S2983/LB
2022 Approved
Proposal to construct new ramped and stepped access to the entrance of College House. The…
P22/S1331/LB
2022 Approved
Proposal to construct new ramped and stepped access to the entrance of College House. The…
P22/S1331/LB
2022 Approved
Proposal to construct new ramped and stepped access to the entrance of College House. Inv…
P22/S1329/FUL
2022 Approved
Proposal to construct new ramped and stepped access to the entrance of College House. Inv…
P22/S1329/FUL
2022 Withdrawn
Removal of two trees - a cherry/purple plum and a crab apple. Existing hedge to be retain…
P22/S1474/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
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P17/S3692/DIS
2017 Approved
8 Bishops Wood Cuddesdon OX44 9HA
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2017 Approved
8 Bishops Wood Cuddesdon OX44 9HA
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P17/S2164/HH
2017 Approved
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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

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