Letcombe Bassett Church Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LP
Approved on 12 November 2026
Council decision: No obj CA works
Proposal
T1 - Horse Chestnut Tree - on boundary in Church Yard. Reduce tree to the old points/3.5m off already. Pollard by 50% to make safe (more if needed) approx 10m off.
- Submitted
- 30 October 2026
- ReceivedSubmitted30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Nov
Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Letcombe Bassett Church Letcombe Bassett Wantage OX12 9LP. Vale of White Horse has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Letcombe Bassett conservation area, with 7 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 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
- OX12 9LP
- Application type
- Works to trees in CA
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Letcombe Bassett+1 more
- Listed building: Grade II: Church of St Michael Chest Tomb Approximately 7.5 Metres East of PorchOn or next to this site · +3 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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