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Worcester College Walton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB

26/00870/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to 1no. Oriental plane tree as specified by Fiona Bradshaw in the Central Conservation Area. T20 oriental plane Where it is necessary to sever roots greater than 25mm in diameter, arboricultural advice must be sort. Where smaller roots must be severed, they should be cut back cleanly using secateurs or a sharp pruning saw.

Received
2 April 2026
Decision due
13 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Carfax And Jericho Ward
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (1)

About this application

This is a tree application at Worcester College Walton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 2HB. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Central (City and University) conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Carfax And Jericho Ward. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the OX1 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
OX1 2HB
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation start
10 April 2026
Consultation end
1 May 2026
Last date for comments
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sylva Consultancy The Oxford Boaters Box Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 7AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
8

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: Central
  • Listed building: Worcester College, South Range with Pump Quadrangle and Old KitchenOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Registered park and garden: Worcester College
  • 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.

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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