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Hill Barn 7 The Hedges Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JU

24/00813/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 June 2024

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

T1 - x small Sycamore - fell T2 - x Maple tree to reduce back to old height & shape up to 1 metre T3 - x small Maple - fell T1, T2 & T3 - Consent required to fell two small, one-sided shaped trees either side of mature Maple tree (T3) in between them, to allow growth of healthier Maple tree in centre, currently restricted by the two outer trees. T4 - Cherry -Crown reduce up to 1 metre back to old height and shape T5 - Silver Birch - Crown reduce up to 1 metre back to old height and shape T6 - Maple - Crown reduce up to 1 metre back to old height and shape T7 - Cherry - Crown reduce up to 1 metre back to old height and shape T8 - x1 Oak - Crown reduce up to 1 metre T9 - x1 Maple - Crown reduce up to 1 metre T10 - x1 semi-mature tree - Crown reduce up to 1 metre T8, T9 & T10 have grown close together with a combined canopy & shape - request consent to reduce, trim and shape combined tree canopy by up to 1 metre

Received
13 April 2024
Ward
Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hill Barn 7 The Hedges Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JU. 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 Balscote conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 218 applications across Cropredy, Sibfords And Wroxton. 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 6JU
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wroxton

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2024
Target decision date
25 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tom Negus Tree Care 5 Halifax Way Moreton-in-marsh GL56 0GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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: Balscote
  • 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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