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18 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB

26/00925/TCAWorks To Trees In Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 June 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Yew - Prune branches to provide 2 metres clearance from house wall, roof and chimney. Remove major deadwood sections from throughout crown T2 Common Horse Chestnut - Reduce crown all round by up to 1.5 metres, leaving a rounded naturalistic form. Ensure 2 metre clearance from neighbour's property and clients house. Also Ensure 1.5 metres clearance from utility lines. Remove sections of major deadwood from throughout crown.

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB. Cherwell has handled 1,709 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Kidlington High Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,579 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 2HB
Application type
Works To Trees In Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Liz Barton The Log Quarry Church Road Long Hanborough Witney Oxon OX29 8JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kidlington High Street
  • 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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