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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The Plantation, The Street, Little Chart, Kent
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Council sourceDescription: T1 Common beech - remove epicormic growth from base; T2 Holly - sever climbing plant (exempt); T4 Japanese Cedar - sever climbing plant (exempt); T5 Leyland Cypress - prune 1-2m from cable; T6 Juglans Walnut - fell; T7 Lawson Cypress - prune 2-3m from cables back to previous pruning points; T8 Oak - prune 2-3m from cables back to previous pruning points, deadwood (exempt); T9 Yew - deadwood (exempt); T12 Liquidambar - remove epicormic growth from base, remove suspended or broken limb / limbs (exempt); T14 Liquidambar - sever climbing plant and remove deadwood (exempt); T15 English Oak - deadwood (exempt); T16 Indian Bean Tree - Crown lift lower branches to give 2.5m clearance all round; prune from adjacent wire / aerial, deadwood (exempt); T17 Juglans Walnut - to remove broken limb and branch foliage at all levels up to 5.1m height by 450mm from metalled edge of highway, prune from adjacent cable; T18 Ash Leaf Maple - crown lift minimal, less than 2.5m, remove one low branch identified; T20 Yew - sever climbing plant (exempt); T21 Yew - sever climbing plant (exempt); T22 Yew - reduce all round to previous reduction points (approx 1m reduction); S23 & S24 Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust - fell / coppice; T25 Gleditsia triacanthos Honey Locust - prune 1-2m from cables or to previous pruning points, remove branches/limbs overhanging highway up to height of 5.1, remove epicormic growth from base, deadwood (exempt).
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| TREE WORKS INC PHOTOSSupporting Documents · PDF | 26 Oct 2020 | View |
| TREE SCHEDULE & WORKSSupporting Documents · PDF | 21 Oct 2020 | View |
| PROPOSED TREE WORKSSupporting Documents · PDF | 21 Oct 2020 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 21 Oct 2020 | View |
| DECISIONDecision Notice · PDF | 2 Dec 2020 | View |
| SITE PLANPlans · PDF | 21 Oct 2020 | View |
| ASSESSMENT & RECOMMENDATION SHEETSOfficer Report · PDF | 2 Dec 2020 | View |
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