Planning application
Street Record Merrivale Square Oxford Oxfordshire
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Works to various trees as identified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd in the Oxford City Council Walton Well Road (No.1) Tree Preservation Order 1999.
As published by the council, reference 26/00050/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00050/TPO
- Type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Walton Manor Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by Oxford
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Oxford took a median of 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Oxford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Oxford decided tree works applications in a median of 28 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.
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Street Record Rutherway Oxford Oxfordshire
Works to various trees and fell 1no. Sycamore tree as specified by Thames Valley Tree Care Ltd as identified in the Oxford City Council - Rutherway (No.1) TPO, 2015. 505 Whitebeam - Lift crown over road to 5m. 506 G3 Western red - Cut back from streetlight to leave a 1.5m clearance and a clear light beam to the footpath. 507 Whitebeam - Cut back from sign to leave a 1m clearance and good visibility. 508 Italian Alder - Lift crown to 5m over the road. 510 Italian Alder - Lift crown to 5m over the road. 511 Italian Alder - Lift crown to 5m over the road. Cut back from streetlight to leave a 2m clearance. 513 Italian Alder - Lift crown to 3m over the footpath. 518 Italian Alder - Lift crown over the road to 5m. 503 Sycamore - Fell self-set sycamore and treat stumps. 506 Whitebeam - Cut back from streetlight to leave a 1.5m clearance and a clear light beam to the footpath. 512 - Wild Cherry - Lift crown to 3m over footpath 514 - Wild Cherry - Lift crown to 3m over footpath. 515 - Wild Cherry - Cut back from streetlight to leave a 1m clearance.
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other tree works applications
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26/02077/ENT Granted
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Prune 1no. Mature Holm Oak Tree as specified by Town & Country Trees Ltd. subject to Oxford City Council Woodstock Road (No. 1) Tree Preservation Order 1981 T123 Mature Holm Oak Remove x2 lower branches abrading cloister roof apex Remove or prune any other branches abrading roof Tip prune crown spread to west overhanging cloister by approximately 1 metre to reduce end weight loading Remove fractured branch and major deadwood
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26/02039/ENT Granted
Foxcote 4A Harberton Mead Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0DB
Fell 1no. dead birch tree subject to Oxford City Council - Harberton Mead (No. 1) Tree Preservation Order 2007
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26/02058/ENT Awaiting decision
8B Harberton Mead Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 0DB
Works to 1no. Sycamore tree as specified by Mr Waithman in the Headington Hill Conservation Area.
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26/01856/CAT Granted
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26/01846/CAT Granted
Land Adjacent To Goose Green Close Oxford Oxfordshire
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