Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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4 The Chestnuts, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent, TN25 6SU
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Council sourceDescription: Variety of Conifer (overgrown bush). We wish to remove tree due to location being too close to the house. We would like to deal with this tree before it becomes a problem in the future. This also blocks the solar panels. Due to location - growing out of patio and in a full flower bed. We would like to avoid planting another tree to cause problems in the future.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| TPO 13.1989Supporting Documents · PDF | 16 May 2017 | View |
| TREE LOCATIONPhoto | 15 May 2017 | View |
| TREEPhoto | 15 May 2017 | View |
| TREEPhoto | 15 May 2017 | View |
| TREEPhoto | 15 May 2017 | View |
| APPLICATIONApplication Form | 10 May 2017 | View |
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