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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Bath Spa Railway Station, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1SU
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C - Mature Horse Chestnut, adjacent to footbridge - Prune back low limbs affecting pedestrian footpath C - Ash trees with Ash die back (ADB) adjacent to river - Fell D - Mature Ash with ADB - Fell E - Mature Horse Chestnut with weight bias over river - Endweight reduction of over extending laterals F - Mature Horse Chestnut with weight bias over river - Endweight reduction of over extended laterals G - Mature Horse Chestnut with weight bias over river - Endweight reduction of over extended laterals and remove large low limb with included fork H - Mature Horse Chestnut with weight bias over river - Endweight reduction of over extended laterals and limb with decay pocket I - 2x Mature Willow - re-pollard as continued management due to location K - Mature Ash (twin-stemmed) with early ADB - remove dead wood over footpath
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