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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Parcel 656, Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
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Amended descriptions following site meeting: Sycamore (T5) - remove lowest branch overhanging garden to first side growth, remove any deadwood. Ash (T6) - dead - fell. Ash (T7) - no work Ash (T8) - behind T2 - cut back overhanging growth from garden by approximately 2.5m. Field Maple (T9) - reduce height by 2m and cut back branches overhanging garden to previous cuts, sever ivy
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