Planning application
Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
FIVE DAY NOTICE Removal of silver birch to ground level located in the apartment complex car park. Birch tree has significant fungal growth along the stem and visually looks almost dead, if not dead already, with no sign of a living crown. Tree within group G2 of TPO ref:003/2007
As published by the council, reference 26/00890/TPO_5
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00890/TPO_5
- Type
- TPO - 5 Day Notice
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Banbury Cross And Neithrop
- Parish
- Banbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX16 9HQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cherwell register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02323/TPO Awaiting decision
Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
Various Tree Works - Subject to TPO 003/2007
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26/00203/TPO_5 Granted
Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 (Himalayan Birch) - The trees main surface roots have all been cut, possibly during landscaping and show significant decay, along with significant fungal growth around the base of the tree and on surface roots, proposal for removal is based on stability, the roots that have been severed on the upper side/ rear of the tree, with the tree leaning towards the flat complex. Canopy one sided due to neighbouring within the group.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Cherwell
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 June 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
What 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 37 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 0.3 miles
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Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 (Himalayan Birch) - The trees main surface roots have all been cut, possibly during landscaping and show significant decay, along with significant fungal growth around the base of the tree and on surface roots, proposal for removal is based on stability, the roots that have been severed on the upper side/ rear of the tree, with the tree leaning towards the flat complex. Canopy one sided due to neighbouring within the group.
Granted Trees -
Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
97% historically approved · decision due ~19 Oct
Various Tree Works - Subject to TPO 003/2007
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
104 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TR
T1 Beech - Thinning of the beech crown by approximately 20% by removing crossing and congested limbs.
Granted Trees 9 docs -
74 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TR
97% historically approved · decision due ~10 Jun
T1 - Lawson Cypress - Fell T2 Lawson Cypress - Fell T3 Apple - Reduce crown by 1.5 to 2 metres and shape
Awaiting decision Trees 9 docs -
76 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TR
97% historically approved · decision due ~2 Dec
Ash (T1) - Remove lowest limb growing over and into neighbouring garden, reduce remaining crown by 1.5-2 metres and shape. Ash (T2) - Reduce crown by 1.5-2 metres and shape. Hazel (T3) - Remove to a height of approximately 1 metre Apple (T4) - Reduce crown by 2 metres to form balanced shape.
Awaiting decision Trees 7 docs -
112, Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TR
Bird Cherry in back garden, not visible from street. Showing bleeding canker over half of main trunk and several long branches. Branches breaking off- Dismantle and removal of tree in severe decline, to include ringing up and stacking of all timber for your use as logs and chip and remove all brash wood from site. Eco plug the stump to kill off any resulting re growth.
Granted Trees 6 docs
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