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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Chew Lodge , Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
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T1, 2, 3-Horse Chestnut, remove group of 3 no. trees and replace with Hornbeam hedge T4-Horse Chestnut reduce by 40% to leave tree 6m high and 6m spread ( amended description ) G1-Mixed hedge reduce by 30%
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