The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AB

1. 4 Dec 2025

   Received by South Oxfordshire

2. 4 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: No obj CA works

3. 9 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.

If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.

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• The Old Vicarage Priest End Thame OX9 3AB

  P26/S3666/HH Submitted 20 Aug 2026 0m away

  Addition of bespoke timber conservatory to north elevation

  Decided Householder Extension 13 docs
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• The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AB

  P26/S0705/TCA Submitted 6 Mar 2026 0m away

  T1 Robinia - Fell to ground level. Reasons for works - The tree is located in very close proximity to a garage and greenhouse. This area of the garden has been disused for some years, but the property owner has plans to make the greenhouse a working part of the garden again. The tree has now become unsuitable for its location, as it provides significant shade to the greenhouse below. Due to its location, the options for pruning to provide adequate light below are limited. The property owner has indicated that they are already carrying out replanting in other parts of the garden and are happy to continue doing so to mitigate the loss of the tree. T2 Sycamore - Crown Lift by removing branch tips to provide 4.5 metres clearance above ground level and reduce the low, large limb over the flower bed extending towards the house by up to 2 metres to improve light to the flower bed below.

  Decided Trees 2 docs

• The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3AB

  P17/S4855/TCA Submitted 15 Oct 2017 0m away

  T1 & T2 - Horse Chestnut T1 & T2 - Horse Chestnut - remove both trees and replace with 3 x Salix alba var. sericea, large standards. A landscape design scheme has been created that will enhance the amenity of the fields on both sides of the River Thame at this point. The new trees and hedgerow planting will be in clear view from the old roadway and bridge over the river (which is well used by walkers and others). We feel that the Horse Chestnuts are less apprpriate in this floodplain landscape than Willow. They are likely to suffer from the range of foliage diseases and possibly bleeding canker and will be less tolerant to standing in waterlogged ground over winter months than the Willow replacements. Furthermore the Horse Chestnut directly block the view from The Old Vicarage across the river. The new design places the new trees some metres further east and so opens the view form the property. As the new trees and other planting develop there will be a significant gain in terms of amenity and landscape value which will be in plain view from adjacent public right of way. Please refer to the site plan and schedule of works detailing all of the new planting which accompanies this notice. Remarks:

  Decided Trees 2 docs

• The Old Vicarage, Priest End, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3AB

  P17/S4824/TCA Submitted 26 Sep 2017 0m away

  T1 - Hornbeam T2 - Robinia G3 - Outgrown Beech hedge T4 - Walnut T5 - Silver Birch T1 - Hornbeam - remove lower growth to raise crown to 2m. Reduce crown height and spread by around 1.5m. This work is to maintain better light levels to the borders beneath and around this tree which is becoming out of scale with the front garden and house. T2 - Robinia - remove and treat stump to inhibit growth. Unwanted low quality self set or root sucker from former tree. G3 - Outgrown Beech hedge - coppice all trees to below height of wall to stimulate regeneration from lower on stems in order to establish better quality Beech hedge. New Beech whips to be planted to increase density. T4 - Walnut - remove lower growth to raise crown to around 4.5m. This is to improve light to the new Beech hedge that will be planted inside the boundary wall and below this tree. T5 - Silver Birch - remove tree to create better space for larger adjacent Birch and ornamental Cherry. Remarks:

  Decided Trees 2 docs
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• The Old Vicarage Priest End Thame OX9 3AB

  P25/S3113/HH Submitted 2 Oct 2025 0m away

  Installation of a timber summerhouse in the side garden of The Old Vicarage.

  Decided Householder 16 docs
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• H & C Pearce and Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS

  P26/S0851/LDE Submitted 18 Mar 2026 72m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm a material start on site on previously approved planning application. Full planning permission for the erection of 21 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and open space as per planning application reference P22/S4155/FUL and subsequently amended under reference P25/S0729/S73 and any future S73 applications.

  Granted Lawful development 12 docs
  Major scheme

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  Dogmore Stoke Row Henley-on-Thames RG9 5PD

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• P26/S3161/TPO Granted

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  Mature Leylandi tree with a swept butt showing signs of lifting right next to and overhanging neighbouring property. It is proposed to fell the tree to ground level and remove. No replanting is envisaged as there are other trees and shrubs in the hedgerow which will flourish given further light.

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