Planning application
Lowbeams Queen Street Hook Norton OX15 5PJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
One tree - Fir Tree in conservation area. It is overgrown and invading neighbouring property blocking all light and dying lower branches causing debris in their small courtyard garden (the address is next door to us and the property Is called lnglenook) - To Be felled
As published by the council, reference 26/01484/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01484/TCA
- Type
- Works To Trees In Conservation Area
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 1 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Deddington
- Parish
- Hook Norton
- Postcode
- OX15 5PJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jun 2026
Received by Cherwell
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8 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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1 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cherwell granted permission on 8 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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