Planning application
20 Apsley Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7QY
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to 1no Beech Tree as identified by Boward Tree Surgery (Oxford) Ltd in the Oxford City Council - Apsley Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 2010 (as amended 26.11.2025). T1 Beech Tree - Tree in rear garden. To crown reduce the vertical and lateral growth by no more than 1.5m and to carry out a crown thin on the remaining crown volume of no more than 15%. Crown lift over neighbouring garages to give 1 metre clearance.
As published by the council, reference 25/02764/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02764/TPO
- Type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 20 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 20 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 26 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Cutteslowe And Sunnymead Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OX2 7QY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Oct 2025
Received by Oxford
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26 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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9 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Oxford granted permission on 26 November 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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