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Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE

Decided Vale of White Horse P14/V3042/TCA Works to trees in CA

Works: Trees

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

T1 - Plane tree T2 - Lombardy Poplar T3 - Lombardy Poplar T4 - Box Elder T5 - Sycamore T6 - Lime T7 - Lime G8 - Lime trees Following Abingdon School's annual tree survey, a number of trees were identified as requiring removal or reduction, not on safety grounds, but looking long term with regard to the continuity and future of the treescape at the school. T1 - Reduce height of mature Plane tree (reduced laterally April 2014) by approximately 5m and thin top of crown to balance - tree dispropotionately tall in relation to crown width now. Location: Upper field T2 - Remove to ground level semi-mature Lomardy Poplar - tree growing in unsuitable location. Location: Lower field. T3 - Remove to ground level semi-mature Lombardy Poplar - tree growing in unsuitable location. Location: Lower field. T4 - Remove to ground level Box Elder (heavily supressed and disfigured by Sycamore adjacent). Location: Lower field. T5 - Crown lift Sycamore to balance lower crown. Location: Lower field. T6 - Multi-stemmed Lime: Remove all sub-dominant stems (approx 5) to ground level, leaving 1 dominant stem. Prune to shape if required. Location: Lacy's Court Garden. T7 - Multi-stemmed Lime: Remove all sub-dominant stems (approx 5) to ground level, leaving 1 dominant stem. Prune to shape if required. Location: Lacy's Court Garden. G8 - Crown lift 7 Lime trees growing through hedge on War Memorial Playing Field/Faringdon Road boundary. Prune crowns to shape where required. Location: War Memorial Field. Remarks:

As published by the council, reference P14/V3042/TCA

Application record

Reference
P14/V3042/TCA
Type
Works to trees in CA
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Rec CA works
Received
12 Aug 2014
Validated
12 Aug 2014
Decided
4 Sep 2014
Postcode
OX14 1DE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Vale of White Horse register

This site has had 8 applications since 2010: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • P14/V1704/DIS Granted

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Discharge conditions 3 (internal and external boundaries), 8 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and 11 (Surface water and foul water drainage) of planning permission P12/V2373/FUL. Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park.

    Decided 24 Feb 2015 Conditions
  • P14/V1022/NM Decided

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.(Non-material amendment to P12/V2373/FUL)

    Decided 11 Jun 2014 Amendments
  • P14/V2970/TCA Decided

    Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1DE

    T1 - London Plane T2 - London Plane T3 - Holm Oak T1 - London Plane - reduce lateral crown spread by approximately 4m around perimeter of canopy to reduce interference with adjacent less vigorous trees (sub-dominant Yew and dominant Redwood). T2 - London Plane - reduce lateral crown spread (not height) of tree by approximately 4m around perimeter of canopy to reduce extension of crown over Park Road and playing fields, (crown spread is becoming excessive for its situation). T3 - Holm Oak - remove (poor specimen) and other better specimen nearby. Remarks:

    Decided 9 May 2014 Trees
  • P12/V2373/FUL Granted

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre). Erection of a three storey Science Centre and the reconfiguration of the existing coach park, including alterations to the points of ingress and egress.

    Decided 24 Jan 2013 Full applications
  • P12/V2374/CA Granted

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Demolition of existing school building (Medical Centre).

    Decided 24 Jan 2013 Heritage and listed buildings
  • P10/V1171 Withdrawn

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Upgrading works to driveway to Sports Centre and associated car parking and landscape works.

    Decided 28 Apr 2011
  • P10/V0652 Granted

    Abingdon School Park Road Abingdon Oxon OX14 1DE

    Erection of a temporary building to provide two science labs/classrooms, preparation room and lobby, for a period of five years.

    Decided 17 Jun 2010

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Aug 2014

    Received by Vale of White Horse

  2. 4 Sep 2014

    Decision issued: Rec CA works

  3. 29 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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2 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

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