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The Old Rectory Weston Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DH

22/01464/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 June 2022

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

T1 x Tree of Heaven - Reduce by up to 3 metres due to storm damage and decay points. Remove dead wood or damaged branches

Received
18 May 2022
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Weston Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DH. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Bletchingdon conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Launton And Otmoor. We hold 1,586 applications in total for the OX5 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
OX5 3DH
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bletchingdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2022
Target decision date
29 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Treetech Arboricultural Services Lower Buildings Sarsden Chipping Norton OX76PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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: Bletchingdon
  • Listed building: Grade II: Monk'S HeadOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Cherwell
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    22 Feb

    T1 x Ash - Reduce over extended low lateral branch and balance remaining side and top of the canopy to…

    ApprovedWorks To Trees In Conservation Area24/00493/TCA
  2. 2023
    25 Oct

    T1 x Ash - Framework pollard at up to 5 metres due to storm damage and continued limb failure

    WithdrawnWorks To Trees In Conservation Area23/02981/TCA
  3. 2023
    18 Sep

    T1 x Holly - Fell and grind due to lean over school T2 x Damson - Fell Small and poor form T3 x Cherry - Fell…

    ApprovedWorks To Trees In Conservation Area23/02572/TCA
  4. 2011
    4 Nov

    T1 to T4 x Cypress - Fell T5 x Cypress - Crown reduce by 40%

    ApprovedWorks To Trees In Conservation Area11/00273/TCA
  5. 2009
    30 Oct

    T1 - Cypress - Fell T2 - Cypress - Fell

    ApprovedWorks To Trees In Conservation Area09/00271/TCA

Source: Cherwell

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