Planning application
Firtree Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8HD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Willow tree located at front of property - repollard to existing pollarding points regrowth approximately 2.5 to 3m.
As published by the council, reference 26/00057/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00057/TCA
- Type
- Works To Trees In Conservation Area
- Status
- Case Officer Assigned
- Received
- 12 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Fringford And Heyfords
- Parish
- Hethe
- Postcode
- OX27 8HD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cherwell register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00057/TPO Granted
Firtree Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8HD
Willow tree located at front of property - repollard to existing pollarding points regrowth approximately 2.5 to 3m. Tree subject to TPO 14/2014
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jan 2026
Received by Cherwell
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 March 2026, 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
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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My Own Cottage 1 Main Street Hethe Bicester OX27 8HD
Alteration and extension to existing dwelling, including the rebuilding of left hand brick bay to two storeys, addition of a first floor over right hand stone bay and two storey rear addition
Granted Full applications Extension 13 docsDomestic -
Firtree Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8HD
Willow tree located at front of property - repollard to existing pollarding points regrowth approximately 2.5 to 3m. Tree subject to TPO 14/2014
Granted Trees 9 docs -
Hethe Cottage The Green Hethe OX27 8EU
T1 x Leylandii, located in close proximity to the neighbouring residence with a partially failed lateral extending towards the nearest corner of the neighbour's roof, reduce the entire crown by approximately 2m removing up to 3m to reshape and maintain the screening provided by the lower crown.
Granted Trees 10 docs -
Holly Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES
T1: Holly (Ilex aquifolium) tree to front of holly tree cottage heath. To reduce holly tree by a maximum of 1.5meters away from the over head telephone cables and bring the sides in to maintain natural shape of the tree.
Granted Trees -
Shrubbery Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES
Apple T1 - Re-reduction of the apple back to previous (approximately 2.5 metres) .
Granted Trees 7 docs -
The Dower Lodge Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES
None of the work involves trees, rather they are shrubs, detailed as follows (numbering relates to that shown on the plan): T1 Spirea - reduce by 2/3 (currently 3 metres tall x 3. 5 metres wide) T2 Dogwood Cornus - reduce by ½ (currently 4 metres high x 3.5 metres wide) T3 Lilac - (behind fig) remove runners T4 Viburnum - remove (currently 4 metres high x 2 metres wide)
Granted Trees 9 docs
Other tree works applications
In Cherwell
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26/02252/TCA Awaiting decision
Castle End House Castle Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TE
Original sent on the 26/07/26 Not recieved T1 ~ Horse Chestnut ~ Fell ~ Tree in server decline with Phytophthora present and active. Dead wood and tip die back throughout. Removal to allow reinstatement with heavy standard Dawyck Beech specimen tree.
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26/02242/TCA Awaiting decision
29 North Street Banbury OX16 3LH
A crab apple tree situated within the small front garden. The tree has become overgrown and disproportionately large for the confined garden area, with a dense crown extending close to the house and over the front garden. Its size and position make the garden difficult to maintain and reduce light to the front elevation and adjoining windows. The proposal is to remove the tree and stump and restore the front garden
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26/01793/TPO Granted
The Dower House Church Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QP
Removal of 15 stems of sycamores that are dead from sooty bark disease - subject to TPO 10/98 G1
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26/01647/TPO Granted
1 Old School Lane Fritwell OX27 7PY
Sycamore - crown reduce by 2-2.5m south removing up to 3m and crown thin by 20%, the pruning will allow additional light to reach the garden and clear the residence. The adjacent tree east was pruned by us around 2 years ago, the aerial image shows the clearance we achieved. Epicormic growth 0-8m will also be removed. To re-shape the retained crown a 1m reduction (removing up to 2m) above the neighbouring garden, west will be completed - subject to TPO 023/2005
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26/01646/TPO Granted
5 Old Rectory High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LL
Lime - A group of four stems maintained annually to create a pollard effect - re-pollard; Holm Oak - heavily reduced in 2017 to create a pollard effect, regularly trimmed to maintain screening for neighbouring residence - annual trim using a hedge trimmer - subject to TPO 04/1966