Planning application
Queensgate, Butts Way, Aston Rowant
Works: Trees Domestic
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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Mature Beech 18m tall, 900mm trunk diameter at 1.5m above ground level. The tree has been suppresed with the significant mass of the canopy toward the road. There is a ganoderma bracket developing between 2 buttress roots on the southern side of the tree. Appraisal: The tree appears to be responding to the loss of its neighbour by producing adventitious growth on the Northern side. It does have a pathogenic fungus, probably a Ganoderma species, growing between the buttress roots and this will gradually develop. The tree will have been exposed to wind forces significantly more than it has adapted to as a result of the removal of the adjacent tree. The fungus may have vectored into the lower section of the tree as a result of excessive movement in the winter storms. Given the significant weight bias of the tree, I would envisage the tree failing within 20 years. Pruning to alleviate the bias towards the road and mitigate the stresses at the base of the tree would exacerbate the fungal activity and thus is not really a viable solution. Mature Sycamore 18m tall, 800mm trunk diameter at 1.5m above ground level. Historic damage with associated decay at base of tree (See pic 3). Canopy has been supressed with the signficant mass of the canopy toward the adjacent dwelling. Decay pockets on main stem at 2m, 3m and 3.5m above ground level. Appraisal: The sycamore was the subordinate tree in the original group of three. It has a very suppressed crown. It is responding to the loss of its neighbour by producing adventitious growth on the northern side. The decay pocket at 2m extends at least 300mm into the main stem. It is likely the other 2 at 3m and 3.5m extend a similar distance into the stem. This is fairly common in mature sycamores and catastrophic failure at this type of decay point is the eventual outcome. Recommendations: T1 & T2 have structural issues that are not easily mitigated by pruning. There is ample space to plant replacement trees on the section, thereby maintaining tree cover. I would suggest replacing with 2-3 native beech and removing the two trees, T1 and T2 within 3 years.
As published by the council, reference P15/S4932/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- P15/S4932/TPO
- Type
- Works to TPO
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refusal TPO works
- Received
- 19 Mar 2015
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2015
- Decided
- 8 May 2015
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2014: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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P15/S4933/TPO Decided
Queensgate, Butts Way, Aston Rowant
T1 Mature Beech Tree, T2 Mature Sycamore - Both to be felled and replased with 2-3 natice beech trees elsewhere on the site
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P14/S4707/TPO Refused
Queensgate, Butts Way, Aston Rowant
T1 & T2 have structural issues that are not easily mitigated by pruning. I would suggest replacing with 2-3 native beech trees as per report
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2015
Received by South Oxfordshire
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8 May 2015
Decision issued: Refusal TPO works
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What this refusal means
South Oxfordshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
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