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Worcester College Worcester Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB

24/01684/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 August 2024

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Remove 1no. Beech Tree as specified by Skelton Tree Services in the Central Conservation Area.

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided8 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Worcester College Worcester Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Carfax And Jericho Ward. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Oxford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX1 2HB
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Consultation expiry
7 August 2024
Consultation start
17 July 2024
Consultation end
7 August 2024
Last date for comments
7 August 2024
Target decision date
21 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Skelton Tree Services 9 Old London Road Benson Wallingford OX10 6RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13234674
Documents
4
Constraints
9

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: Central
  • Listed building: Worcester College, South Range with Pump Quadrangle and Old KitchenOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Registered park and garden: Worcester College
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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