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Fencing, decking, patios and garden maintenance in Woodcote, from a family business about five miles north-west in Wallingford.
Woodcote is about five miles south-east of our base in Wallingford, around twelve minutes by road. Its centre is well inside the Chilterns National Landscape — about 3.6 km from the boundary — and the whole parish is within it.
We take on patios, decking and garden builds here, along with regular maintenance and fencing. If your plans include a garden building, the planning notes below are worth reading first.
Patios · decking · garden builds
Patios and paths, decking, brickwork and sleeper beds — or the whole garden made over. Woodcote is mapped on Clay-with-flints, so expect plenty of flints when digging out for footings.
More on constructionMowing · hedges · clearance
Hedge-cutting, mowing, weeding and clearance as a regular contract or a one-off job, plus new lawns laid from turf, grown from seed or in artificial grass. Clay-with-flints gives heavier, slower-draining soil than open chalk.
More on garden maintenanceCloseboard · panels · gates
Gates, closeboarding, panels and post and rail — for gardens and land alike. Expect flints when digging post holes. The usual height limits apply: two metres, or one metre next to a road, without planning permission.
More on fencingFrom Woodcote we also cover Checkendon and Stoke Row to the north-east, Ipsden to the north and Whitchurch Hill to the south.
Goring-on-Thames is under three miles to the west, Pangbourne is to the south and Sonning Common to the east.
Jamie was really clear in how he would go about what we needed and then Sam and Sam came to fit a drainage channel along our front door, and a channel under our paving to take the water away. They did a first rate job in only a few hours.
Delighted! Not only was all done quickly and on time, but it was all done with the utmost respect to plants, fencing, paths, gates and resident animals😀 …
Reliable, businesslike and very pleasant chaps who do a really thorough job. Highly recommended
Clay-with-flints · chalk
Woodcote is mapped on Clay-with-flints over chalk. The British Geological Survey describes it as sandy clay with abundant flints.
Expect heavier, slower-draining soil than on open chalk, and plenty of flints when digging post holes or footings.
Chilterns National Landscape · no conservation area
Woodcote is inside the Chilterns National Landscape, which counts as designated land. An outbuilding at the side of a house needs planning permission, and anything built more than 20 metres from the house — sheds, enclosures, even a pool — is capped at 10 square metres in total without planning permission.
There’s no conservation area within a kilometre of the village centre. A boundary up to two metres tall, or one metre alongside a road, normally needs no planning permission.
Sources: British Geological Survey, Natural England and planning.data.gov.uk (open data); the Planning Portal, GOV.UK and the RHS. The Planning Portal is a guide — your council has the final word for your address.
Yes. Woodcote is about five miles from our base in Wallingford, around twelve minutes by road. Ring or WhatsApp 07736 650477 and tell us what you have in mind.
Yes, it’s inside the Chilterns National Landscape. A garden building at the side of the house needs planning permission, and buildings more than 20 metres from the house are limited to 10 square metres in total under permitted development. South Oxfordshire District Council makes the final call for your property.
Expect so. The village is mapped on Clay-with-flints, which the British Geological Survey describes as sandy clay with abundant flints. Expect them when digging post holes or footings, and heavier soil than on open chalk.
Yes — Checkendon, Stoke Row, Ipsden and Whitchurch Hill, plus Goring-on-Thames, Pangbourne and Sonning Common.
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