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Rectory Cottage Water Street Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6NE

08/02442/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 December 2008

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

Thin and reduce crown on Mirabelle, Remove 10 inches from top of Beech hedge and trim sides, Lower height of boundary hedge to between 8-10 feet, Fell Plum tree

Received
26 November 2008
Ward
The Astons And Heyfords
  1. Received26 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Rectory Cottage Water Street Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6NE. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the OX25 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
OX25 6NE
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Somerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2008
Target decision date
7 January 2009
Permission expires
31 December 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Greenway Close Shipston On Stour Warwickshire CV36 4EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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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