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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Pump Cottage, 1 Pump Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RT
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Beech (T1) - Lift canopy to south by 6.5m. Reduce and reshape canopy by 3m, to include reduction of longer lateral limbs to north and south by 2m & 1.5m respectively. Reduce longer lateral limbs to east and west by 2m and 1m respectively. Reduction to give clearance of 2.5m to chimney. Canopy thin - Removal of some minor tertiary branches, crossing limbs & major deadwood.
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