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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Sion Cottage, 23 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UL
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Group identified as T1: Pittosporum- Reduce by 1m to leave balanced form; Cedar- Lift crown to consistent 2m; Indian Bean tree - Reduce crown by 1m from current growthg extremities to growth points. Yew (T2) - Remove Hazel (T3) - Reduce height by 2m. Remove deadwood from Elder growing within the T3 group. Boundary Hazel hedge (T4) - Reduce height by 2.5m and overhang into adjacent property to South. Pittosporum (T5) - Reduce by 1m to leave balanced form. Remove cherry limb extending to North. Formative pruning. Hazel (T6). Reduce height and extension growth by 2m. Hawthorn (T7). Reduce height and form by 1m back from growth extremities to live growth points.
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