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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39 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LG
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39 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LG
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View council mapT1 - CHERRY IN REAR x 8ms high - reduce regrowth, equating to an overall reduction of approx 1 to 1.5ms, leaving at approx 6.5msT2 - 2 LEYLANDI ON REAR BOUNDARY x 9ms high - reduce back lateral growth by 1.5ms up to full height of 9ms to provide building clearance to neighbouring properties of 1.5msT3 -SILVER BIRCH IN REAR x 14ms high - cavity in upper crown at 10ms extending downwards into primary limb, reduce height by approx 6ms to below cavity area to alleviate weight on weakened stem and shorten remaining laterals by 1.5 to 2ms to rebalance crownT4 - MOUNTAIN ASH IN FRONT x 5ms high with Inonotus and in decline - fell and replace with new tree (yet to be decided)
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| DECISION NOTICEApplication Decision Notice · PDF | 7 Jul 2026 | View |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTERApplication Officer Correspondence · PDF | 5 Jun 2026 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFOApplication Information · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| FEE CALCULATIONApplication Information · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTALAttachment Summary · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| REF. WARDE APP 4.6.26 - 3 PHOTOSDrawings · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| REF. WARDE APP 4.6.26 - TREE LOCATION PLANDrawings · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.