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Cresscombe, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW

P26/V0267/TCAWorks to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: No obj CA works

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

Proposal

T1 - Ash (right side of gate) - Fell to ground level. Roots are damaging drain system. Future excavation required once tree is removed T2 - Horse chestnut (left side of gate) - Reduce to previous points by 1-2m T3 - Maple - Reduce to previous points by 1-2m T4 - Beech - Reduce by approx 3-4m T5+T6 - Silver birch - Reduce to previous points by 1-2m

Received
31 January 2026
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cresscombe, Bassett Road, Letcombe Bassett, Wantage, OX12 9LW. Vale of White Horse has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Letcombe Bassett conservation area, with 6 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 9LW
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2026
Decision issued
24 February 2026
Application expires
14 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Samuel Arnold

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: Letcombe Bassett+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Downs HouseOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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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