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High Wall Pullens Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BX

25/03249/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 December 2025

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to various trees as specified by Mr Tim O'Connor in the Headington Hill Conservation area. TG1- Fell the small beech tree adjacent to the house. Prune the Scots pine adjacent to the beech to give 2m clearance from the roof. T2- Yew. Crown raise the tree on the corner of the drive by the gate by removal of the low branches to 6m above ground level. T3- Goat willow. Remove the X2 low limbs over the roof and veranda to give 3m clearance from the building as discussed. Remove the dead wood from the adjacent oak tree. TG4- Section fell the Lawson cypress up on the bank adjacent to the wall. Reduce the adjacent yew trees by 2m to form a hedge and remove the smaller dead trees along with the X1 individual yew tree within the hedge. TG5- Crown raise the row of yew trees by the stream and log pile to 4.5m above ground level. T6- Beech. Crown raise the tree by removal of the lowest branches heading out to the neighbours fence and into the adjacent trees to 4.5m AGL. T7- Cypress. Fell the tree to near ground level. TG8- Laurel. Fell the tree to near ground level. Fell the smaller laurel overhanging the path. TG9- Yew trees. Reduce the row of trees to the height of the wall. TG10- Yew trees. Fell the trees cutting the stumps to near ground level. TG11- Yew trees. Fell the trees cutting the stumps to near ground level. TG12- Row of lime trees. Pollard the trees back to the original point of pruning. TG13- X3 Thuja. section fell the trees to near ground level. TG14- Plum tree. Reduce the tree back to the original point of pruning to be managed as a low espalier. T15- Magnolia. Section fell the tree cutting the stump to near ground level. T16- Portuguese laurel. Reduce the small shrub back to a manageable size T17- Purple leafed plum. Reduce the lateral spread only by approximately 1.5m. T18- Pyracantha. Remove the shrub growing up against the house. T19- Magnolia. Fell to near ground level. TG20- X2 Yew trees. Fell to near ground level.

Received
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headington Hill And Northway Ward
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided29 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at High Wall Pullens Lane Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0BX. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Oxford's typical decision time. The site is in the Headington Hill conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Headington Hill And Northway Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the OX3 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
OX3 0BX
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Consultation expiry
30 December 2025
Consultation start
9 December 2025
Consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
30 December 2025
Target decision date
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Arbor Tree Specialists LTD 7 Meadow Prospect Wolvercote Oxford OX2 8PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14543263
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Headington Hill
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Registered park and garden: High Wall, Headington
  • 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.

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