Planning application
Chaplain's Quad Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of 1no. Magnolia Grandiflora and 1no. Acer davidii as specified by David Craft in the Central Conservation Area.
As published by the council, reference 26/01839/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01839/CAT
- Type
- Works to Trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Raise No Objection
- Received
- 27 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Holywell Ward
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OX1 4AU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
27 Jul 2026
Received by Oxford
-
5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Raise No Objection
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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 this grant of permission means
Oxford granted permission on 12 August 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Prune 1no. London Plane tree by reducing 1no. branch. Fell 2no. dead Box trees and fell 1no. dead Thorn tree species as specified by David Craft in the Central conservation area.
Granted Trees 1 doc -
Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
Details submitted in compliance with condition 12 (Landscape Mitigation) of planning permission 26/00315/VAR
Granted Conditions 4 docs -
Magdalen College High Street Oxford OX1 4AU
Works to various trees as specified by Jenks Oxford Ltd in the Oxford City Council Central Conservation Area.
Granted Trees 15 docs -
Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
97% historically approved · decision due ~22 May
Details submitted in compliance with conditions 6 (Details of M&E installations), 7 (Details- fabric upgrade and adaptation) of listed building consent 24/01521/LBC.
Awaiting decision Conditions 23 docs -
Cloister Quad Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
98% historically approved · decision due ~27 Jan
Internal changes to 2 no. rooms off the Cloister Quad to create additional storage space. Partial wall division and cupboards to be fitted to new music practice room and new brick pier and timber raised floor to storage room. (Amended Description)
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 21 docs -
Cloister Quad Magdalen College High Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
98% historically approved · decision due ~14 May
Replacement of 1no. rooflight to east elevation.
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Loft or dormer 9 docs
Other tree works applications
In Oxford
-
26/02077/ENT Granted
St Edward's School Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7NN
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
-
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
-
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.
-
26/01856/CAT Granted
104B Walton Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6EB
Works to 3no. Himalayan Birch trees as specified by TG Tree Services Ltd. in the Walton Manor Conservation Area. T3627 - Himalayan Birch to be crown raised by 0.5m to provide clearance to boundary wall. T3628 - Himalayan Birch to be crown raised by 0.5m to provide clearance to boundary wall. T3629 - Himalayan Birch to be crown raised by 0.5m to provide clearance to boundary wall.
-
26/01846/CAT Granted
Land Adjacent To Goose Green Close Oxford Oxfordshire
Works and fell various trees as specified by Connor Loftus in the Wolvercote With Godstow Conservation Area. G001 Willow x21 (Salix sp.) Mixed species (Mixed species) Group 22 trees Fell (Coppice). G002 Mixed species (Mixed species) Willow x12 (Salix sp.) Group 13 trees Fell (Coppice as group). T003 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree 2 stems Fell. T004 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree Fell. T005 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree Fell. T006 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree Fell. T007 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree Fell. T009 Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Tree 3 stems Remove N stem only. T011 Elm (Ulmus sp.) Tree Fell. T012 Willow (Salix sp.) Tree Fell (Coppice). T014 Willow (Salix sp.) Tree Remove hanging branch. T018 Willow (Salix sp.) Tree Fell (coppice). T019 Willow (Salix sp.) Tree 2 stems Remove lower lateral E side approx. 1m a.g.l., remove deadwood >25mm. T022 Willow (Salix sp.) Tree 2 stems Fell (Coppice)