The Old Reading Room Main Street Farnborough Banbury OX17 1DZ
Proposal
T1 - beech - Tree has recently lost a very large secondary limb which has left a large decayed and hollowed wound on main stem. Several long and hollowed stems are attached at this wound point. Recommended work: carry out an all round crown reduction of up to 3.5-4 metres to help alleviate the lever arm stress on the decayed wound and help rebalance the tree after the loss of such a large limb. All cuts to be made at points of secondary live growth leaving a rounded naturalistic form.
- Received
- 27 August 2026
- Decided
- 8 October 2026 · Tree Preservation Order - Approved Works
- Ward
- Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton
- ReceivedSubmitted27 Aug
- ValidatedValidated27 Aug
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date22 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application at The Old Reading Room Main Street Farnborough Banbury OX17 1DZ. Stratford on Avon has handled 14 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 8 days quicker than Stratford on Avon's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Bishops Itchington, Fenny Comp & Napton. We hold 2,135 applications in total for the OX17 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202627 Aug
T1 - beech - Tree has recently lost a very large secondary limb which has left a large decayed and hollowed…
This applicationApprovedTree Preservation Order26/02098/TPO - 202621 Aug
T1 - field maple - Road side boundary tree. Reduce crown all round by 2.5 metres. Lift lower branches over…
ApprovedNotification for Works to Trees in CAFiled alongside26/02148/TREE
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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