St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA

25/02707/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaRefused

Proposal

T 49 Horse Chestnut - Fell, reduced crown vigour. Roots causing damage to boundary wall and neighbouring St Mary's Centre gas supply.

Received: 25 September 2025
Decided: 31 October 2025 · Refused
Council: Cherwell District Council
Ward: Banbury Cross And Neithrop

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

ReceivedReceived25 Sep
ValidatedValidated25 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Nov
DecidedDecided31 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in Cherwell96% of trees applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a tree application at St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 40 days. This one was decided in 36 days, 4 days quicker than Cherwell's median. The site is in the Banbury conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Banbury Cross And Neithrop. We hold 1,016 applications in total for the OX16 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

25/02707/TCA

Address

St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA

Postcode

OX16 0AA

Local Authority

Cherwell

Application Type

Works To Trees In Conservation Area

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Rejected

Current Status

Application Refused

Ward

Banbury Cross And Neithrop

Parish

Banbury

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

Town Hall Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5QR

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

25 September 2025

Target Decision Date

6 November 2025

Date Decided

31 October 2025

Date Validated

25 September 2025

Date Submitted

25 September 2025

Planning Decision

Decision

Refused

Statutory Period

42 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

52.060140, -1.339541

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Cherwell

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

Conservation area: Banbury
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.

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