Winterbrook House, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY

This site has had 2 applications since 2014.

• P26/V4117/TCA Decided

  Winterbrook House High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY

  T1 — Robinia / false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) Location: Front of the property, leaning toward Harwell High street and over / immediately adjacent to the bus stop. Works: Fell to as near ground level as practicable. Grind or treat the stump. Robinia commonly suckers; monitor and remove regrowth. Reason: This is a Section 211 notification, not an imminent-danger exemption. The stem has a pronounced lean directed over the public highway and a bus stop, a high-occupancy target used daily by pedestrians standing at the stop and by passing vehicles. Robinia is a brittle-wooded species with a known tendency to sudden limb or union failure, including without a storm. T1 has already shed live branches into the carriageway. The pieces were not whole-scaffold failures, but they were large enough to cause injury or damage had they struck a car or pedestrian. A crown reduction would leave a leaning stem of this species over the same target and would be likely to produce weakly attached epicormic growth. T2 — Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), twin-stemmed Location: Front of the property opposite side of drive to T1, approximately 12m from property Works: Fell to ground level. Grind or treat the stump. Reason: Twin-stemmed form with a weak union. A bracket fungus is fruiting on the stem at approximately 10 m above ground, consistent with decay at or above the main fork (on ash this is commonly Inonotus hispidus) Combined with the structural form, the tree is not a sound long-term component of the conservation area. T3 — Silver birch (Betula pendula) Location: between T4 and T5], planted below an overhead telephone line. Works: Fell to ground level. Reason: Poorly sited young tree. The crown is already into the telecom line and will only worsen. The tree is of limited public amenity. Removal now avoids repeated cutting of the crown against the wire. T4 and T5 — Yew (Taxus baccata), pair on the boundary Location: South boundary with Box cottage. Two trees forming a one-sided screen. Works: Fell both trees to ground level. Reason: These are no longer balanced trees. Historic one-sided cutting (‘siding up’) on the applicant’s face has stripped that side to bare stem / old stubs with no usable live crown. The remaining foliage hangs almost entirely into the neighbouring garden. The adjoining would like the remaining face back to the boundary. Doing so would remove most of the crown and leave bare stems that cannot reasonably be reshaped into trees or into a proper screen. Amenity of the conservation area is better served by removing the pair. The neighbour is aware of this notice.

  Submitted 14 Sep 2026 Trees

1. 18 Sep 2014

   Received by Vale of White Horse

2. 16 Oct 2014

   Decision issued: No obj CA works

3. 29 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• The Cherry Barn, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY

  P24/V1552/LB Submitted 18 Jul 2024 50 yards away

  Proposed installation of 4 no. internal and external air-conditioning units to service the entrance hall, wet lab, dry lab and boardroom (parking arrangements demonstrated on amended plans received 12 September 2024)

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 21 docs

• Bayllols Manor High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY

  P26/V1893/LDE Submitted 27 May 2026 50 yards away

  The application seeks a Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that planning permission ref. P21/V2025/FUL for the erection of two dwellings at Bayllols Manor, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0EY was lawfully implemented prior to the expiry of the permission and therefore remains extant. The building works undertaken prior to expiry included site clearance, relocation of an existing outbuilding within the application site, excavation and slab-level construction works associated with the approved dwellings. The certificate relates to the planning permission and the associated operational development within the approved application site. Further detail is provided within the accompanying Planning Statement and supporting evidence submitted as part of this application.

  Decided Lawful development 9 docs
  Several homes

• Bayllols Manor High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY

  P25/V2374/NM Submitted 4 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Non-material amendment to planning permission P21/V2025/FUL to insert an additional condition requiring the development to be carried out in accordance with the submitted Phasing Plan ref: The phasing plan is summarised as follows: Phase 1 - unit 1, as shown on the site plan in orange Phase 2 - unit 2, as shown on the site plan in green Erect 2no new dwellings in the rear garden of Bayllols Manor.

  Decided Amendments New dwelling 4 docs
  Domestic

• Bayllols Manor High Street Harwell OX11 0EY

  P16/V2000/LB Submitted 4 Aug 2016 50 yards away

  Insertion of a new insulated ceiling to first floor bedroom

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 13 docs

• Bayllols Manor High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY

  P15/V1217/LB Submitted 20 May 2015 50 yards away

  To carefully remove modern acrylic paint and wood stain from the internal timbers of the building's medieval timber frame.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs

• Bayllols Manor High Street Harwell Didcot OX11 0EY

  P15/V1985/LB Submitted 19 Aug 2015 50 yards away

  Alterations to the ground floor kitchen and hall

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 10 docs

• P26/V3765/TPO Granted

  34 Big Wood Park Sugworth Lane Radley Abingdon OX14 2LL

  T3 Oak Tree overhanging rear of 34. Prune back all overhanging branches by up to 2 metres insuring no branches are left overhanging roof Reason for above work Health & Safety due to location of the tree and good arboricultural practices

  Received 26 Aug, published by the council 1 Sep 2026 Trees
• P26/V4452/TPO(5D) Granted

  Judric Radley Road Abingdon OX14 3SN

  T3 - remove tree to ground level

  Received 1 Oct, published by the council 7 Oct 2026 Trees
• P26/V3976/TPO Decided

  The Vicarage Ross Court Kennington OX1 5AD

  T4 Red Oak - remove to approximately 80mm from ground level.

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 16 Sep 2026 Trees
• P26/V4071/TPO Granted

  50 Steventon Road Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LD

  Reduce large Oak tree by approximately 2 metres, tapered into the top.

  Received 11 Sep, published by the council 23 Sep 2026 Trees
• P26/V4065/TPO Granted

  46 Steventon Road Drayton Abingdon OX14 4LD

  Reduce lateral spread of branches from one Oak tree encroaching over the property driveway, the affected branches reduced by 3 metres and tapered into the top.

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 23 Sep 2026 Trees