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Former Esso Research Centre Abingdon Road Milton Hill, Abingdon OX13 6BD

P26/V4701/TPOWorks to TPOAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Please refer to Tree Hazard Surveys A & B T1 Pine – Remove failed branch. Light pruning to clear footway. T6 Sycamore – Remove major deadwood T7 Sycamore – Remove major deadwood T10 Robina - Removed damaged limb and crown lift to 5.2m over carriageway T11 Ash - Fell T12 Sycamore - Fell and replant G4 Remove stems in contact with perimeter fence T1 Pine - Hanging branch over footpath, in danger of falling onto footpath/highway. T6 Sycamore - Deadwood, exempt work T7 Sycamore - Deadwood, exempt work T10 Large limb recently lost over Highway leaving a large wound and little remaining sound wood. The remaining limb is in danger of further failure into the highway. T11 Ash - Small, self-sown ash, growing through perimeter chain link fence, best to remove while the tree is still small. T12 Sycamore - Self-set, appears to have exploited failed historic formal planting, dead leaders possibly due to squirrel stripping bark. The tree is in poor form with dead leaders, fell and replant. G4 Stem causing or have potential to cause damage to perimeter chain link fence Replacement for T12-Taxus baccata (Yew) or Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore) of a height of at least 1m. This could be planted in a appropriate location within 4m of the location of T12.

Received
26 October 2026
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at Former Esso Research Centre Abingdon Road Milton Hill, Abingdon OX13 6BD. Vale of White Horse has handled 6 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,707 applications in total for the OX13 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
OX13 6BD
Application type
Works to TPO

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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