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.
Council planning record
The Perse Prep School Trumpington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8EX
The Perse Prep School Trumpington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8EX
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View council mapT8 - Copper Beech - Historic stem failure - Polyporus Squamosus fruiting body - increased risk of basal failure. Stem core taken to reveal limited sound wood . Active bees in cavity at 8m. FellT97 - White Horse Chestnut - following removal of moderate dead wood and additional major deadwood, crown inspected and siginficant dieback identified. FellT149 - White Horse Chestnut - Historic stem failure - Cavities in west stem from 10m with two large fruiting bodies of Polyporus squamosus. Risk of main stem failure at 10m. Adjacent to site boundary and main road. Cable bracing system installed in middle crown. Reduce by 8-10m to 2m above bracing.T231 - Dead Lime - FellT232 - Lime - 2m Hollow Bolling with regrowth - tree of limited value - stem will not support significant regrowth. Fell and replaceT233 - Lime - 2m Hollow Bolling with regrowth - tree of limited value - stem will not support significant regrowth. Fell and replace
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| DECISION NOTICEApplication Decision Notice · PDF | 30 Oct 2025 | View |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTERApplication Officer Correspondence · PDF | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| AMENDMENT SUMMARYApplication Information · PDF | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURSNeighbour/Consultee Notification List · PDF | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| INVALID CHASEApplication Information · PDF | 17 Sept 2025 | View |
| INVALID LETTERApplication Information · PDF | 3 Sept 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFOApplication Information · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
| FEE CALCULATIONApplication Information · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
| ARBORICULTURAL REPORTApplication Information · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
| TREE WORKApplication Information · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
| TREE WORK AND LOCATION PLANDrawings · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.