Birch Lea The Shearings Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PT

15/01140/TPOWorks To Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 12 August 2015

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

T1 - Silver Birch - Reduce crown by 3 metres, thinning of crown by 15% and crown lifting by 3 metres - Subject to TPO 007/1991

Received: 19 June 2015
Council: Cherwell District Council
Ward: Hook Norton

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation23 Jul
TargetTarget Date14 Aug
DecidedDecided12 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Birch Lea The Shearings Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PT. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,719 applications in total for the OX15 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: OX15 5PT
Application type: Works To Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hook Norton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2015
Consultation expiry: 23 July 2015
Consultation start: 2 July 2015
Consultation end: 23 July 2015
Target decision date: 14 August 2015
Application expires: 23 July 2015
Permission expires: 12 August 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 July 2015

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Cherwell

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