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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Portugal House, 47 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
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Portugal House, 47 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
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View location mapDavidia (T1): Prune back from building boundary <2m Magnolia (T2): Prune back from building boundary <2m Magnolia (T3): End weight low lying limb to N/W Ornamental Cherry (T4): Fell and remove Pencil Cypress (T5): Fell and remove Fig (T6): Crown reduce >2m Weeping Ash (T7) Ash Die Back: fell and remove
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