Planning application
Westward Cottage High Street Culworth OX17 2BD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to 1x Birch within a conservation area
As published by the council, reference 2025/5304/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/5304/TCA
- Type
- Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
- Status
- 10 - No Objections
- Decision
- No Objections
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Rural South Ward
- Parish
- Culworth
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- OX17 2BD
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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2024/4814/TCA Granted
Westward Cottage High Street Culworth OX17 2BD
Reduction to 1 x Silver Birch
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WNS/2022/2199/TCA Granted
Westward Cottage High Street Culworth OX17 2BD
birch (T1) - reduce by approximately 1.5 metres.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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27 Jan 2026
Decision issued: No Objections
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Northamptonshire granted permission on 27 January 2026, 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Pinson Bank Cottage High Street Culworth OX17 2BD
T1 - Beech - Fell; T2/T3 - Hawthorn - Reduce Height to 5.0/5.5m and shape; T4 - Leylandi - Reduce Height to 3.5/4.0m; T5 - Spruce - Fell; T6 - Hazel - Recoppice.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
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Westward Cottage High Street Culworth OX17 2BD
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Granted Trees 6 docs -
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Granted Trees 5 docs -
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