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Stone Cottage 34 School Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DJ

26/00358/TCAWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaPermitted

Proposal

T1 - Bay - Reduce/Trim by 1.5 meters to more formal round shape. T2 - Birch - Remove dead limbs back to lower growth point. T3 - Plum - Reduce by 1.5 meters remove major dead wood. T4 -Elder - Reduce over extended side limb by 2 metres.

Received
12 February 2026
Decided
5 March 2026 · Raise no objection
Ward
Charlbury and Finstock
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in West Oxfordshire100% of trees applications approved

This is a tree application at Stone Cottage 34 School Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DJ. West Oxfordshire has handled 319 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 26 days. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 days quicker than West Oxfordshire's median. The site is in the Woodgrange Estate, Forest Gate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Charlbury and Finstock. We hold 2,670 applications in total for the OX7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00358/TCA
Address
Stone Cottage 34 School Road Finstock Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3DJ
Postcode
OX7 3DJ
Local Authority
West Oxfordshire
Application Type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Charlbury and Finstock
Parish
Finstock

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Treetech
Agent Address
Lower Buildings Sarsden Chipping Norton OX76PN United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
12 February 2026
Date Decided
5 March 2026
Date Validated
12 February 2026
Date Submitted
12 February 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Raise no objection

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14699330
Documents
8
Coordinates
51.846123, -1.476317
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Oxfordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Finstock Conservation Area
  • 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 (22)

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, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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