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The Old School House Water Street Somerton Bicester OX25 6NE

17/00195/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 June 2017

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 x Cherry, T2 x Tulip Tree - Crown reduce the height and spread by up to 2.0m G1 x Silver Birch - Reduce back overhanging branches to provide a max 1.0m clearance from tennis court fence T3 x Sycamore - Crown lift up to 5.0m

Received
9 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deddington
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 13 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old School House Water Street Somerton Bicester OX25 6NE. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 7 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 238 applications across Deddington. 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
9 June 2017
Consultation expiry
4 July 2017
Consultation start
13 June 2017
Consultation end
4 July 2017
Target decision date
21 July 2017
Application expires
4 July 2017
Permission expires
22 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nicolsons Nicholsons Nurseries The Park North Aston Oxon OX25 6HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06138169
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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