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 Old Garden, All Saints Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HE
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Sycamore (T1) - Clear low branches to be 3m above ridge tiles of the building. Shorten outer, near horizontal laterals by about 4m, cutting back to the old pruning positions, where the cuts are 8-10cm diameters. Conservation deadwood. 3no. Sycamore (G2) - Crown reduction 4m, cuts 8cm diameters. Sycamore (Sucker at base, T8) - Sucker only/Crown reduce one third branch lengths, cut back by at about 2.5m, cuts at 15cm diameters. Remove one low squirrel damaged, down sloping lateral. Beech (T12) - Remove hanging branches. Understorey Yew, laurel, box and privet (G17) - Winter prune, Clear, create paths and reshape individuals/ prune/ select suitable coppice material. Cut coppice to 200mm above ground, cut and stack all arisings in situ.
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