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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Communal Building, Ballance Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
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T1 Carpinus Betulus - Crown lift to 4m from ground level. Crown lift to provide 3m head clearance along raised public platform to East. Remove epicormic. Reduce crown from property to 2m clearance. T2 Sambucus nigra - Reduce by 2-3m. Prune to clear streetlight splay. T3 Prunus 'Kanzan' - Crown lift to 3m. T4 Fraxinus 'Raywood' - Crown lift to 4m. T5 Betula pendula - Crown lift to 4m T6 Betula pendula - Crown lift to 4m T7 Betula pendula - Crown lift to 4m T8 Prunus 'Kanzan' - Redue canopy to provide 2-2.5m clearance from property T9 Platanus x hispanica - Crown clean and deadwood. Crown lift to 3m. T10 Platanus x hispanica - Re-pollard to previous pruning points (to be undertaken in Winter) T11 Robinia pseudoacacia - Crown clean and deadwoood. Crown lift to 3m. Reduce back from property to give 2-2.5m clearance. T12 Prunus avium - Crown lift to 3m. T13 Tilia - Reduce branches over walkway to provide 3m head clearance for public access T14 Tilia - Reduce branches over walkway to provide 3m head clearance for public access T15 Robinia pseudoacacia - Crown clean and deadwood T16 Fraxinus excelsior - Remove major deadwood. Re-pollard to previous pruning points T17 Prunus sp. - Clear fell - self set, heavily impacting public access T18 Fraxinus excelsior - Crown clean and deadwood. Crown lift to 3m T19 Fraxinus excelsior - Reduce back from property to give 2-2.5m clearance
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