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26/02527/CAT - Works to Trees in Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

Works to 1no. Sycamore tree and 1no. Hornbeam tree as specified by Allan McCreath in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area. To reduce 1 x Sycamore tree by approximately 2-3 metres To lift canopy of 1 x Hornbeam by approximately 2-3 metres and reduce selective laterals by approximately 2 metres Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 07:07

Application progress

✓

Received

19 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

27 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 30 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 17 Nov 2026, from Oxford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 17 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 10

North Oxford Victorian Suburb 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 ↗

Article 4 direction

Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Air quality management area: The City of Oxford

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Public footpath about 26 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Registered park or garden about 85 m away: Park Town

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

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 306 m away: New Marston Meadows SSSI; Inside the Oxford built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1143 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 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 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: Oxford
Application type: Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Received: 19 Oct 2026
Validated: 19 Oct 2026
Ward: Walton Manor Ward
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 10 of the 56-day target. Oxford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 27.

prediction

Day 1046 days to the 56-day target

100%decided within 8 weeks

99%approved

629decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15306713
Planning Portal ref: PP-15306713
Consultation: 27 Oct 2026
Comments by: 17 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 30 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Oxford

Planning Authority Score

1.8/10

Poor

#277 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other decisions

Oxford is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #261 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 57% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines

expect longer than the statutory limit

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Oxford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #159 of 296

89%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #205 of 296

43%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #261 of 296

57%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #259 of 296

61%

Minor dwellings approved

64 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

5 decided (10+ homes)

75%

Change of use approved

117 decided

1,150

Total decisions

140 refused in the year to March 2026