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Headington House 52 Old High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9HU

26/01784/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to various trees as specified by Young's Tree Services in the Old Headington Conservation Area. T1 - Ash - Reduce branches back from the roof to provide 2.5m clearance. T84 - Lime - Reduce height by 4m. T138 - Sycamore - Fell T165 - Beech - Reduce elongated limbs overhanging the neighbouring boundary wall by up to 3m. T166 - Sycamore - Reduce height by 4m. T168 - Sycamore - Reduce elongated limbs overhanging the neighbouring boundary wall by up to 3m. T48 Beech - Recommend to crown reduce by 10m due to findings and location of the tree. T59 - Sycamore - Crown reduce canopy by 5m. T86 - False Acacia - Recommend to crown reduce by 4m. This is due to the work recommended to the adjacent trees of T87 & T88. T87 - False Acacia - Option 1: Crown reduce tree by 10m. T88 - False Acacia - Option 1: Crown reduce tree by 10m. T169 - Sycamore - Reduce tree to a 10m monolith.

Received
23 July 2026
Decision due
2 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headington Ward
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a tree application at Headington House 52 Old High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 9HU. Oxford has handled 1,019 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Old Headington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Headington Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the OX3 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
OX3 9HU
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Consultation expiry
18 August 2026
Consultation start
28 July 2026
Consultation end
18 August 2026
Last date for comments
18 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Young's Tree Services 3 St. Martins Road Oxford OX4 4RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15098510
Documents
8
Constraints
4

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: Old Headington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Headington HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4 Direction
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref KX63AEMF0HK00
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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