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The Old Vicarage Ashbury Swindon SN6 8LZ

P26/V4995/TCAWorks to trees in CAApproved

Approved on 12 November 2026

Council decision: No obj CA worksNot Yet Recommended

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2x Beech Trees (Fagus sylvatica) - reduce the crown by 2-3m and thin them out by 10-15% to reduce wind resistance

Received
26 October 2026
Decision level
Not Yet Recommended
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Vicarage Ashbury Swindon SN6 8LZ. Vale of White Horse has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Ashbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,845 applications in total for the SN6 postcode area.

100% of works to trees in ca 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
SN6 8LZ
Application type
Works to trees in CA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashbury Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old VicarageOn this site
  • 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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