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5 Garford Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UY

25/02513/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell and works to various trees as specified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb Conservation Area (as amended 03.11.2025). G1 Leylandiis 2 mature trees in right hand corner of rear garden. Fell both trees in sections to ground level. G2 Leylandiis Group of 4 out grown hedge trees on left hand rear boundary of rear garden. Fell all 4 trees to ground level in sections. T2 Apple. Fell in sections to ground level. T3 Damson. Remove 3 x stems overhanging lawn to ground level, leaving a more balanced crown form.

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Summertown
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target4 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Garford Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6UY. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the North Oxford Victorian Suburb conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6UY
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation start
29 September 2025
Consultation end
20 October 2025
Last date for comments
20 October 2025
Target decision date
4 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd The Log Quarry Long Hanborough Witney OX29 8JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14357031
Documents
5
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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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