Planning application
5 Hicks Close Hailey Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9TB
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Three Lawsons Cypress and one Elder. Trees are to be felled to the ground and stumps ground out below ground level. We plan to replace these trees with a pleached hedge of 5 or 6 trees - probably Beech, Copper Beech or Hornbeam
As published by the council, reference 26/01881/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01881/TCA
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Under consideration
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
- Parish
- Hailey
- Postcode
- OX29 9TB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Received by West Oxfordshire
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Oxfordshire took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- LAWSON CYPRESS HEIGHT
- TREES
- LAWSONS CYPRESS
- REAR OF 5 HICKS CLOSE OX29 9TB LAWSONS CYPRESS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Oxfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Oxfordshire decided tree works applications in a median of 25 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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