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Recreation Ground Tanners Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NA

26/00084/TCAWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 January 2026

Council decision: Raise no objection

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

We have been instructed by Burford Town council to Fell x13 trees which have Ash Dieback following a tree survey. x4 trees are located at Burford Recreation ground these are coded as follows: T112 (tag no.00824). T115 (tag no. unknown), T116 (tag no.00869) and T121 (tag no.00818). x9 trees are located at St John the Baptist churchyard in Burford. These are coded as follows: T34, T35, T36, T40, T41, T42,T45,T46, T51/1. Due to Ash dieback these trees pose a significant risk to the general public and need to be felled ASAP. Therefore as agreed by Henry Penny this application can be considered within the 5 day timescale.

Received
15 January 2026
Ward
Burford
Agent
McCracken & Sons LTD
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Recreation Ground Tanners Lane Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4NA. West Oxfordshire has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Skeffington conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Burford. We hold 999 applications in total for the OX18 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at West Oxfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX18 4NA
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burford

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
McCracken & Sons LTD
Agent address
Stonelea Farm Stonelands Shilton OX18 3PA

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14625026
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Burford Conservation Area
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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: West Oxfordshire

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