Planning application
Abbotts Piece Church Lane Islip OX5 2TA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 x Fern Tree - Tree has outgrown the size of the garden, branches are encoaching towards the house and cables coming into the house. The volume of needles being dropped is becoming a problem and impossible to keep tidy, they are covering and killing the grass below - to be felled. T2 x Holly tree - again, it has outgrown the size of the garden and has a structural weakness where it splits into three - to be felled. T3 x Yew Tree - This is against the wall and poses a structural threat to the future integrity of the wall. It is also encoraching into another yew tree - to be felled.
As published by the council, reference 25/01975/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01975/TCA
- Type
- Works To Trees In Conservation Area
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 23 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Launton And Otmoor
- Parish
- Islip
- Postcode
- OX5 2TA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jul 2025
Received by Cherwell
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30 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cherwell took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cherwell for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cherwell decided tree works applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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