Magdalen College School House Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ
Approved on 26 November 2025
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Works to various trees as specified by ARBUK Limited in the St. Clement's And Iffley Conservation area. T1- Ash. The tree has had a very sparse canopy this summer and a lot of deadwood throughout the tree, possible ADB. works required at this stage is to reduce the lowest large limbs on the southern side of the tree by approx 6m. The second branch up has developed a large split plus a bracket of inonotus Hispidus indicative of decay, the lowest branch will also be reduced for aesthetic reasons. T2- Robinia- Crown raise to provide 1m clearance above the hedge. T3- Laburnum- (Tree tag no 000011)Remove to ground level as this tree has recently developed a significant lean and is now relatively unstable.
- Received
- 21 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Oxford City Council
- Ward
- St Marys Ward
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date1 Dec
- DecidedDecided26 Nov
Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Magdalen College School House Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1DZ. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Clement's and Iffley Road conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across St Marys Ward. We hold 1,723 applications in total for the OX4 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
- OX4 1DZ
- Application type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- ARBUK Limited 9 Vicarage Close Chalgrove Oxford 9 Vicarage Close, Chalgrove OX447RD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14425908
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St. Clement's And Iffley Road
- 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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