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1 Blacksmiths Hill Aynho OX17 3AH

2026/1934/TCAWorks to Trees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 16 June 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Ash, multi stemmed, in close proximity to the boundary wall, causing structural damage to the retaining boundary wall. Fell to near ground level.

Received
7 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Middleton Cheney
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target18 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Blacksmiths Hill Aynho OX17 3AH. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Aynho conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AH
Application type
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aynho

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2026
Last date for comments
6 June 2026
Target decision date
18 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Matthew Steele 4 Otmoor View Merton Bicester OX25 2NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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