Planning application
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to 2no. London Plane trees as specified by Steve Howes in the Central Conservation Area. 2_159 and 2_158a light reduction to keep away from neighbours property and reduce weight on one side. to reduce by 3m.
As published by the council, reference 26/00551/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00551/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Holywell Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OX1 1DP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Oxford register
This site has had 10 applications since 2019: 8 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01584/CAT Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Works to various trees as specified by Christ Church Gardens Department in the Central Conservation Area. 3 meter canopy lift on 10 x Lime Trees around the Christ Church Visitor Centre 1000 87 Tilia europaea 1000 89 Tilia europaea 1000 88 Tilia europaea 2000 71 Tilia europaea 2000 72 Tilia europaea 2 2019 06 Tilia x europaea Pallida 2 2019 07 Tilia europaea Pallida 2 2019 008 Tilia europaea Pallida 2000 70 Tilia europaea 2000 69 Tilia europaea
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25/03434/CAT Awaiting decision
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Works to 2no. Black Mulberry tree and 1no. English Walnut tree as specified by Steve Howes in the Central Conservation Area. To carry out a 3 meter canopy lift on 3 Trees in the Christ Church College gardens, Oxford. Tree 1 - Juglans regia Tree 2 - Morus nigra Tree 3 - Morus nigra
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24/00398/CND Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Details submitted in compliance with condition 3 (Archaeology) of planning permission 24/00398/FUL.
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24/00399/CND Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Details submitted in compliance with condition 3 (Archaeological investigation & recording) and 4 (Further details - fire upgrading works) of planning permission 24/00399/LBC.
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19/03064/ENT Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Remedial crown reduction pruning works (as specified by Whole Tree Co) to a horse chesnut tree in the Central Conservation Area at Christ Church.
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19/00094/CND Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Details submitted in compliance of conditions 2( LB consent - works as approved only) and 10(Archaeology) of listed building consent 19/00094/LBC.
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19/02049/LBC Withdrawn
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Alterations to convert passageway to form habitable space including the erection of new external wall, cladding of walls, insertion of new floor and ventilation works, at the Old Brew House in Blue Boar Quadrangle, Christ Church
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16/01543/CND5 Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Details submitted in compliance with condition 11 (Tree Protection) 13 (Ecology statement), 14 (Cooking fumes and odours), 17 (Wayfinding) of planning permission 16/01543/VAR
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19/00998/CAT Granted
Christ Church College St Aldate's Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Fell 1no. Fagus Sylvatica as specified by Mr John James in the Oxford City Council Central Conservation Area.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Oxford
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31 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Oxford granted permission on 31 March 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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