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Merton College Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JD

26/02516/CATWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaPending Decision

Proposal

Fell 1no Malus tree as specified by Merton College in the Central Conservation area.

Received
16 October 2026
Target decision date
26 November 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holywell Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Oxford99% of trees applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a tree application at Merton College Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JD. Oxford has handled 1,018 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 28 days. It was submitted on 16 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Holywell Ward. We hold 1,922 applications in total for the OX1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/02516/CAT
Address
Merton College Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JD
Postcode
OX1 4JD
Local Authority
Oxford
Application Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Holywell Ward

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Merton College Merton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4JD

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 October 2026
Target Decision Date
26 November 2026
Date Validated
16 October 2026
Date Submitted
16 October 2026
Consultation Start
22 October 2026
Last Date for Comments
12 November 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated decision
Statutory Period
41 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15301544
Documents
9
Constraints
8
Coordinates
51.751347, -1.251675
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Oxford

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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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