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20 Chalfont Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6TH

25/01996/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 September 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to various trees as specified by TreeScape in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation area. S1, Viburnum species - Reduce by 1.5m and prune to give 30cm clearance to building. T2, Prunus in back garden - Fell to near ground level.

Received
5 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Summertown
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Chalfont Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6TH. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Summertown. We hold 1,151 applications in total for the OX2 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
OX2 6TH
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2025
Consultation expiry
1 September 2025
Consultation start
11 August 2025
Consultation end
1 September 2025
Last date for comments
1 September 2025
Target decision date
15 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
TreeScape 33 Delbush Avenue Sandhills Headington Oxford OX3 8EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14230864
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: North Oxford Victorian Suburb
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 00/00024/WLProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    5 Aug

    Works to various trees as specified by TreeScape in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation area. S1…

    This applicationApprovedTrees25/01996/CAT
  2. 2025
    5 Aug

    Works to 1no. Prunus tree as specified by TreeScape as identified in the Oxford City Council Chalfont Road…

    ApprovedWorks to a tree with a TPOFiled alongside25/02086/TPO

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