Barn East Of Allens Cottage Swin Lane Swinbrook Oxfordshire

26/00230/TCAWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Raise no objection

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Cat B Birch- Sideprune stem growth back to stem below height of Overhead lines (OHLs) and remove branches overhanging OHLs to gain a 3.5m restricted clearance from OHLs. T2 Cat D Blackthorn- Sideprune and crown reduce by 3m to gain a 5m clearance from OHLs. T3 Cat D Dead Elm- Fell to gain a full clearance from OHLs and staywire. G1 Cat D Elder- Reduce to 1.5m in height (to maintain hedge boundary) to gain a 6m clearance from OHLs. (Chip & remove all arisings).

Received: 29 January 2026
Council: West Oxfordshire District Council
Ward: Brize Norton and Shilton

ReceivedReceived29 Jan
ValidatedValidated29 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Barn East Of Allens Cottage Swin Lane Swinbrook Oxfordshire. West Oxfordshire has handled 319 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Oxfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Brize Norton and Shilton.

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

Application type: Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Swinbrook

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14661913
Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Swinbrook 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.

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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.

Source: West Oxfordshire

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