Mill House, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9EH
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: No obj CA works
Proposal
T1 - Sycamore - Action: Fell to ground level. Reason: Poor specimen, co dominant stem, with ingrown union. Ivy clad, and deadwood through canopy. T2 - Large Horse Chestnut - Action: Fell to ground level. Reason: Decayed stems, overall poor health, cavities throughout canopy. T3 - Norway Maple - Action: Fell to ground level. Reason: Tree has heavy lean towards properties garden/ fence and summerhouse. Multi-stemmed. Poor overall form.
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Mill House, Locks Lane, Wantage, OX12 9EH. Vale of White Horse has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,597 applications in total for the OX12 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
- OX12 9EH
- Application type
- Works to trees in CA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Decision issued
- 4 February 2026
- Application expires
- 23 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Robert Raines
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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