Lilac Cottage Church Lane Islip OX5 2TA

1. 1 Oct 2025

   Received by Cherwell

2. 1 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 26 November 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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 37 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Old Chapel Church Lane Islip OX5 2TA

  24/03200/TCA Submitted 28 Nov 2024 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~23 Jan

  T1 x Cherry - To remove a secondary stem that is damaging the wall/fence. To formatively prune the tree by 0.5M.

  Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs
  Small domestic

• Abbotts Piece Church Lane Islip OX5 2TA

  25/01975/TCA Submitted 23 Jul 2025 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~24 Sep

  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.

  Awaiting decision Trees 5 docs

• Riversdale The Walk Islip OX5 2SD

  25/03360/TCA Submitted 31 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  97% historically approved · decision due ~25 Feb

  T1 Yew - to remove lowest rung of branches, all round to balance , giving two meter clearance of building. It is thought that to reduce the tree would not be prudent , so applying for crown lifting to create more light in space under the tree and make it less dominant over the building.

  Awaiting decision Trees

• River View The Walk Islip OX5 2SD

  23/00072/LB Submitted 11 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  Proposed installation of an air source heat pump (ASHP) with associated screening and minor alterations to listed building

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 13 docs

• River View The Walk Islip OX5 2SD

  23/00071/F Submitted 11 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  Proposed installation of an air source heat pump (ASHP) with associated screening and minor alterations to listed building

  Granted Full applications 9 docs

• Old Rectory The Walk Islip OX5 2SD

  26/01896/TCA_5 Submitted 27 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Yew Trees – T15 and T16: Whilst the trees are category ‘B2’ they have been substantially pushing on a Grade II listed boundary wall which is directly onto The Walk, resulting in a risk to the general public from collapse. Temporary props have been installed, but it is considered that a risk remains to the public. The original consented planning application ‘24/01113/F’ hoped to just reduce the canopies of these trees, further subsequent movement of the wall now necessitates the need to remove these trees on safety grounds. As set out in the attached structural engineer’s report, the tree roots are contributing to the movement of the wall – leading to a critical safety matter as the wall would fall into a public space. This risk would remain if the wall were to be rebuilt, due to the proximity of the roots. Consequently, the wall cannot be made safe or rebuilt without removing these trees and their root systems.

  Granted Trees 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/02207/TCA Granted

  Walnut Tree House Goose Walk Bloxham OX15 4JD

  T1 Walnut - reduce by 1.5 - 2 metres T2 Portuguese Laurel - reduce by 1.5 - 2 metres

  Received 24 Aug, published by the council 2 Sep 2026 Trees
• 26/02567/TPO Withdrawn

  2 Hollybush Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LY

  Lime trees T7 and T8 - lift crown to 5.2m all round through the removal of secondary branches only. Trees subject to TPO 16/2026.

  Received 15 Sep, published by the council 6 Oct 2026 Trees
• 26/02612/TCA Awaiting decision

  Brantlith Manor Orchard Horley Banbury OX15 6DZ

  T1 Acer Flamingo - repollard regrowth by cutting back approx 2.5 metres, (just back to the knuckles of the previous pollarding).

  Received 6 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Trees
• 26/02603/TPO Awaiting decision

  Kirtlington Village Hall Committee Kirtlington Village Hall South Green Kirtlington OX5 3HJ

  2 x Sycamore Trees and 1 Oak Tree - to reduce by approx 2m - subject to TPO 02/2023

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Trees
• 26/02015/TPO Granted

  Crown Barn Street From Fringford To Caversfield Fringford OX27 8RQ

  T3 - 1x Aesculus hippcastanum - Due to its size, unequal growth and concern due to proximity to the house, remove the tree completely - subject to TPO 04/1994

  Received 7 Aug, published by the council 5 Sep 2026 Trees