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Sturdys Cottage Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL

26/01361/TCAWorks to a tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Raise no objection

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

Proposal

Yew (T1) - Crown Lift the yew at the west end of the drive to approximately 3 metres above ground level. Pruning to create approximately 1 metre of clearance from the building (removal of secondary branches only)

Received
4 June 2026
Ward
Chadlington and Churchill
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sturdys Cottage Taston Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 3JL. 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 the Spelsbury, Taston and Dean conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Chadlington and Churchill. We hold 2,724 applications in total for the OX7 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
OX7 3JL
Application type
Works to a tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spelsbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cotefield Treecare
Agent address
2 Cotefield Cottages Bodicote OX15 4AQ

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14985201
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Spelsbury Taston And Dean Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II*: CrossOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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