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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Union Chapel, The Street, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AD
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Council sourceDescription: A - Lawsons Cypress - Crown lift to 3 metres growth. Not greater than 100mm. B - Blue Atlas Cedar - Remove the two lowest limbs, and crown lift to 4 metres growth, nothing greater than 100mm diam. C - Lawsons Cypress - Crown lift to 3 metres growth, and 6 metres over road and nothing greater than 100mm diam. D - Silver Birch - Fell and poison stump. E - Copper Beech - Remove two lowest limbs, and shorten two low laterals over car park by 2 metres. Crown lift any growth not greater than 50mm to 3 metres and 6 metres over road. F - Silver Birch - Fell and poison stump. G - Silver Birch - Crown lift to 3 metres, nothing greater than 50mm, and lift to 6 metres over road. H - Silver Birch - Crown lift any growth greater than 50mm to 4 metres. I - Weeping Pear - Reduce back stem to 1.7 metres.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SITE LOCATION PLANPlans | 29 Jul 2019 | View |
| BETHERSDEN PC C D TEARLE (P CLERK)Support Comment · PDF | 13 Sept 2019 | View |
| LETTER ENCLOSING APPLICATIONSupporting Documents | 29 Jul 2019 | View |
| SCHEDULE OF WORK PROPOSEDSupporting Documents | 29 Jul 2019 | View |
| DECISIONDecision Notice · PDF | 17 Sept 2019 | View |
| OFFICER'S CASE SHEETOfficer Report | 16 Sept 2019 | View |
| TREE LOCATION PLANPlans | 29 Jul 2019 | View |
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