Planning application
3 Brewer Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1QW
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to 1no Yew Tree, 1no Chestnut tree as specified by Steve Howes in the Central Conservation Area. to remove some lower branches of the Taxus baccata and the Aesculus hippocastanum away from the electrical and telephone wires at the Christ Church Cathedral School on Brewers Street, to make it safe. The trees ID are the Yew 100005 and the Chestnut 199999.
As published by the council, reference 25/02362/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02362/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 11 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 11 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 8 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Osney And St. Thomas Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OX1 1QW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Sep 2025
Received by Oxford
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8 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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9 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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Oxford granted permission on 8 October 2025, 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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