Planning application
Benson C of E Primary School, Benson
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T2 - Horse Chestnut - sever and remove ivy climber to 2m stem height to facilitate future inspection. Crown reduce by up to 2m to reduce risk of large limb failure. T3 - Horse Chestnut - tip reduce foliage to give a 0.5m clearance to overhead wires. Reduce branch conflicting with telegraph pole to give a 0.5m clearance. T4 - Horse Chestnut - tip reduce foliage to give a 0.6m clearance to over head wires. T5 - Horse Chestnut - crown reduce by up to 1.5m to reduce risk of large limb failure. Tip reduce foliage to give a 0.5m clearance to overhead wires. T9 - Horse Chestnut - Tip reduce foliage to give a 0.5m clearance to overhead wires. T14 - Whitebeam - tip reduce branches to give a 2m height clearance over the adjacent roof and ensure a 1m clearance to the adjacent building line. T15 - Willow - very near to school building, so needs to be trimmed by recognised tree consultant. Strong winds recently now make this urgent. (Tree No. T15 in table 2.1 of attached documentation). Branches are very low hanging over nursery garden and are threat to children if these should suddenly break. Other trees within the same area to be trimmed as advised by consultant due to threat to guttering of school building. Reduce lateral growth back to previous reduction points and reduce the overall height by up to 2.5m to alleviate end weight and reduce the crown sail area and subsequent stress exerted on the defective zones. T16 - Hawthorn - tip reduce branches to give a 2m height clearance over the adjacent roof.
As published by the council, reference P18/S4831/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- P18/S4831/TPO
- Type
- Works to TPO
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Consent TPO works
- Received
- 19 Mar 2018
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2018
- Decided
- 21 Mar 2018
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Oxfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2018: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P18/S4832/TPO Granted
Benson C of E Primary School, Benson
T5 Willow- Crown reduced the whole tree to remove up to 3.5 metre from the overall height and up to 3.5 metres from the radial crown spread, purning back to suitable growth points. Shorten the large lowest limb that extends over the glass roof structure to a point 2 metres clear from the edge of the glass roof (2.5 reduction) Reasons for reduction as per attached tree repoty, but on further advice from tree surgeons scope of works increased to 3.5m reduction. G1 Horse Chestnut- T5- Crown reduce by up to 1.5m to reduce risk of large limb failure. Tip reduce foilage to give a 0.5m clearance to overhead wires. Additionally, reduce decayed limb adjacent to road by up to 1.5m to minimise risk of failure of this limb given extremely high consequence of failure due to high traffic flow beneath. If further inspection of tree reveals greater decay of specimen, fell and replant with suitable replacement. G1 Horse Chestnut- T2- Sever and remove ivy climber to 2m stern height to facilitate future inspection. Crown reduce by up to 2m to reduce risk of large lumb failure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2018
Received by South Oxfordshire
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21 Mar 2018
Decision issued: Consent TPO works
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What this grant of permission means
South Oxfordshire granted permission on 21 March 2018, 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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