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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Francis Hotel, 6 - 11 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HH
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T1 Silver Birch - remove one limb on the south side of the tree to give 4m clearance for vehicles during the upcoming refurbishment of the hotel and to trim a few small dangling branches no ticker than 3cm diameter in the same area overhanging the vehicle access route, the limb to be removed is the lowest limb on the south side of the tree
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