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 University , Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SF
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Common Beech (T575) - Reduce height and lateral extent by 2-2.5m to approximate level of previous crown reduction due to stem decay. Common lime (T574) - Crown reduce by approximately 2m to previous pruning points in conjunction with works to T575. Understorey (W1) - Silvicultural thinning by 50% of young self-sown understorey trees to remove poor trees and retain best specimens.
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