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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Lincoln Castle Castle Hill Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 3AA
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Council source1 Oak - remove deadwood, remove epicormic to 3m and target prune to maintain 2 m clearance from building 2 Pinus Nigra - target prune to maintain 1 m clearance from wall 3 Pinus Nigra - remove ivy before becomes issue 4 Yew - target prune to maintain 1 m clearance from wall and sever and strip ivy from ground level to 2m 5 Lime - remove deadwood, carry out summer inspection 6 Mulberry - crown lift to 2.5 m to remove eye pokes 7 Sycamore - remove hanger 8 Beech - crown lift to gain 2.5m ground clearance 10 Plantnus orientails - remove small hangers and crown lift to 2.5m 12 Chestnut - crown lift to 2.5 m 13 Beech - target prune to clear building by 2m and crown lift to 2.5m 14 Red Chestnut - crown lift to 2.5m 15 Walnut - remove deadwood and target prune to maintained 1.5 m clearance from castle wall 17 Sycamore - remove deadwood 18 Yew - target prune to clear entrance by 1m 20 Beech - sever and strip ivy from ground level to 2m
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| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 19 Jan 2023 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.