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Church Of St Michael, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE

P26/V0047/TCAWorks to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: No obj CA works

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

Proposal

T1, Fastigiate yew tree to rear of church - (begining to collapse) Reduce height by up to 3m and prune out collapsing branches to form a more stable structure for future growth. T2 & T3, Yew trees x 2 - Pollard to 2.5-3m in height and reduce lateral branches back to within 1m of main stem. T4, Cypress with compression fork - Fit non-invasive bracing system in upper canopy as discussed. T5, Cypress with partially colapsed stem and comprimised structure - Fell to near ground level.

Received
6 January 2026
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Of St Michael, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford, OX2 9PE. Vale of White Horse has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Cumnor conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,155 applications in total for the OX2 postcode area.

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

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Application details

Postcode
OX2 9PE
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Application expires
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Antony Johnson

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 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: Cumnor Conservation Area
  • 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, 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, 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.

Source: Vale of White Horse

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