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3 Brewer Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1QW

Granted Oxford 25/02362/CAT Works to Trees in Conservation Area

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
Granted As published: 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

  1. 11 Sep 2025

    Received by Oxford

  2. 8 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Raise No Objection

  3. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

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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