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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Westwell Court, Eastwell Lane, Westwell, Kent
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Council sourceDescription: Beech (T1) reduce top height by up to 3 metres to allow sunlight into mossy garden; Ash (T2) Fell due to extent of ash dieback. Lateral branches from surrounding trees to be left where possible to fill in the tree lost; Field Maple (T3,T4) reduce top height by up to 3 meters to allow sunlight into mossy garden, same height as beech (T1); Ash (T5) fell due to the extent of ash dieback; Beech (T6) full crown reduction up to metres to allow sunlight into garden and to maintain tree as a small kept specimen; Silver Birch (T7) fell 2 co-dominant stems as they are multistemmed and have a very poor union at the base of the tree, the tree is split into two halves, leave eastwood half alone, fell the two co dominant stems; (T8) Hawthorn cut down to hedge height and maintain as hedge
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 31 Dec 2019 | View |
| SILVER BIRCH T7Supporting Documents · PDF | 4 Nov 2019 | View |
| Officer ReportOfficer Report · PDF | 18 Dec 2019 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 4 Nov 2019 | View |
| GOOGLE AERIAL BLOCK PLANPlans · PDF | 4 Nov 2019 | View |
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