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Dormer House Ardley Road Somerton OX25 6LP

25/02690/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 18 November 2025

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

T1 Walnut - crown raise to 4m above the drive and 1.5m clearance above the garage. Crown reduce north-east 5-10m and south-west 3-8m by removing 1.5m. Crown thin by 20% to create an open centre and reduced canopy density. T2 Beech Hedge - reduce in height to 2.25m above ground level T3 & T4 - Sycamore, 2 young trees, Fell. T5 Walnut - partially suppressed, Reduce by 3m in height. T6 ,T7, T8 & T9 Elm - 4 dead trees, reduce to 2.5m above ground level. T10 Sycamore - Low apical dominance, Crown reduce by 2-3m to reshape. T11 Leylandii - Reduce by 3m in height.

Received
13 October 2025
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Dormer House Ardley Road Somerton OX25 6LP. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Somerton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6LP
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Matthew Steele 4 Otmoor View Merton Bicester OX25 2NL

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    4 Jun

    First floor side extension over existing single storey

    ApprovedFull Development21/01987/F

Source: Cherwell

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