18 Abberbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4ES Data via plota.co.uk

26/01454/ENT - Tree Exemption Notice Approved

Proposal

Fell 1no. Beech tree as specified by Tree Scape Oxford as identified in the Oxford City Council - Abberbury Road (No.1) TPO, 2014. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jun 2026
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Approved
18 Jun 2026

Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Tree preservation order: 10 And 18 Abberbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4ES
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 424 m away: Iffley Meadows SSSI; Priority habitat about 4 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Oxford built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 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.

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Important details

Council
Oxford
Application type
Tree Exemption Notice
Postcode
OX4 4ES
Received
15 Jun 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Ward
Rose Hill And Iffley Ward
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
18 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Antony

How this decision compares

Decided in 3 days from validation, 24 days faster than Oxford's median of 27 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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

Statutory expiry
22 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Oxford
Planning Authority Score
1.8/10
Poor
#277 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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