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East Wing The Old Rectory Church Street Somerton Bicester Oxon OX6 4NB

02/02188/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 December 2002

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduce height of Leylandii hedges from 10m to 7m

Received
11 October 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Astons And Heyfords
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at East Wing The Old Rectory Church Street Somerton Bicester Oxon OX6 4NB. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 129 applications in total for the OX6 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Cherwell District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX6 4NB
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Somerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2002
Last date for comments
22 November 2002
Target decision date
2 December 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nicholson Nurseries The Park North Aston Bicester Oxon

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Somerton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Cherwell

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