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Churchyard St Mary The Virgin And St Nicholas Church Cowley Road Littlemore Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4QF

26/00431/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision

Proposal

Fell 1no Ash tree as specified by Secret Gardens Oxford in the Littlemore Conservation area.

Received
20 February 2026
Decision due
2 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Littlemore Ward
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 March.

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About this application

This is a tree application at Churchyard St Mary The Virgin And St Nicholas Church Cowley Road Littlemore Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 4QF. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Littlemore conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Littlemore Ward. We hold 1,718 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 4QF
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Littlemore Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Secret Gardens Oxford Flat 1, 60 Hurst Street Oxford OX4 1HD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14716254
Documents
2
Constraints
2

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: Littlemore
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/00049/ORDERProtected 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

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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