5 Church Street Bladon Woodstock Oxfordshire OX20 1RS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01403/TCA - Works to a tree in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Silver Birch - To fell the tree to a stump. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TCA RAISE NO OBJECTION Decision Notice · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF TREE SURGEON LETTER Supporting Documents · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Bladon 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.
Council document ↗
National infrastructure project about 49 m away: Botley West Solar Farm
The site is about 49 m from the project boundary. Generating station, awaiting the Secretary of State's decision.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 93 m away: Blenheim Park SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Registered park or garden about 94 m away: Blenheim Palace
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Bladon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 2

Last sold for £279,000 in January 2010. Terraced house, freehold.

8 January 2010£279,000
17 July 2000£170,000

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

Building

Floor area69 m² (743 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (74 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyMid-terrace house, 3 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2020, 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
West Oxfordshire
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Postcode
OX20 1RS
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Woodstock and Bladon
Parish
Bladon
Case officer
Show
Decision
Raise no objection
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, about the council's usual 25 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
459decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by West Oxfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Oxfordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

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West Oxfordshire
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#60 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

West Oxfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #81 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (97%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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West Oxfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #33 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #46 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #81 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #135 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
105 decided (1-9 homes)
72%
Major dwellings approved
18 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,125
Total decisions
59 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.