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The Birches & Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9HG

P20/S2426/TPOWorks to TPOApproved

Approved on 9 September 2020

Council decision: Consent TPO works

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

19 Horse Chestnut Major sub-stem at 2m to south with heavy secondary lateral to west of this. Remaining form appears fine. Reduce sub-stem by 2m to suitable secondary growth points. 21 Horse Chestnut Early onset of Ivy. Bifurcates at 2m approx. Good unions throughout major scaffold junctions. Historically pollarded at approx. 6m, and has since formed a new crown. Sever Ivy. Lift to 5.2m over road. 22 Horse Chestnut Early onset of Ivy. Epicormic on stem. Historically pollarded at approx. 6m, and has since formed a new crown. Sever Ivy Remove epicormic to crown break. 24 Horse Chestnut Pollarded at 6m with approx. 5m of regrowth. Ensure 5.2m of clearance over road, targeting secondary growth points. 26 Silver Birch Encroaching on nearby dwelling. Ensure 2m clearance of house, reducing to suitable secondary growth points

Received
7 July 2020
Agent
Heritage Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Birches & Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9HG. South Oxfordshire has handled 776 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than South Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Goring conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,683 applications in total for the RG8 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at South Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RG8 9HG
Application type
Works to TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2020
Decision issued
10 September 2020
Application expires
1 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heritage Tree Services Ltd

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
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: Goring Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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.

Source: South Oxfordshire

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