Beech House Overthorpe Road Overthorpe OX17 2AE
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 - Birch, Betula pendula - Fell to ground level, due close proximity to adjacent structure. Grinding out the stump to 280mm below ground level. T2 - Birch, Betula pendula - Reducing largest primary branch on SW by 3m away from structure.
- Received
- 7 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Middleton Cheney
- ReceivedReceived7 Apr
- ValidatedValidated7 Apr
- Consult.Consultation3 May
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 35 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a tree application at Beech House Overthorpe Road Overthorpe OX17 2AE. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Overthorpe conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Middleton Cheney. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 postcode area.
100% of trees applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- OX17 2AE
- Application type
- Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Overthorpe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Edward Whorwood Cutteslowe Park Harbord Road Oxford OX2 8ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Overthorpe
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
Planning history at this site
12 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202616 Jun
Listed Building Consent for proposed artist studio/workshop, single bedroom holiday let (retrospective)…
PendingListed building consent2026/2446/LBC - 202616 Jun
Proposed artist studio/workshop, single bedroom holiday let (retrospective), gardeners welfare WC and garden…
PendingHouseholder2026/2444/HH - 202616 Jun
Change of use from art studio incidental to host dwelling to artist studio/workshop, single bedroom holiday…
PendingFull Planning Permission2026/2444/FULL - 202612 Feb
Single storey extension to outbuilding
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission2026/0639/FULL - 202612 Feb
Listed building consent for single storey extension to outbuilding
WithdrawnListed building consent2026/0769/LBC - 20216 Apr
Conversion of the Barn/Outbuilding to an artists studio and workshop
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionWNS/2021/0302/FUL - 20216 Apr
Listed building consent for the conversion of the Barn/Outbuilding to an artists studio and workshop
ApprovedListed building consentWNS/2021/0303/LBC - 20205 Nov
Listed building consent for the removal of existing windows to house and replacement with conservation DG…
ApprovedListed building consentS/2020/2049/LBC - 202015 Jul
Conversion and extension of outbuilding to a hobby room including art studio, art gallery and yoga classes
WithdrawnFull Planning PermissionS/2020/1229/FUL - 202015 Jul
Conversion and extension of outbuilding to a hobby room including art studio, art gallery and yoga classes
WithdrawnListed building consentS/2020/1230/LBC - 20162 Jun
Replacement of existing concrete asbestos roof tiles to main house & concrete tiles to attached Barn with…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionS/2016/1415/FUL - 20162 Jun
Replacement of existing concrete asbestos roof tiles to main house & concrete tiles to attached Barn with…
ApprovedListed building consentS/2016/1416/LBC
Source: West Northamptonshire
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