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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Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT
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Bibury Court Church Road Bibury Cirencester Gloucestershire GL7 5NT
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View council mapThere are approx 15No ivy covered trees out of circa 75 trees that have issues (dead, failing/failed basal unions etc) that are adjacent the road. The 15no will need felling and there are few more that require dead limbs removing from over the road. T1 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fellT2 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss, crown die back - fellT3 - Sycamore - circa 200mm diameter stem - bark necrosis and loss - fellT4 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - moribund - fell to ground level T5 - Larch - semi mature, circa 300mm diameter stem - dead - fell to ground level T6 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - included union at 1m - fellT7 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - tri union at 1m. included bark and previous limb lossT8 - Norway Maple - circa 300mm diameter stem - in decline - fellG1 - 7No Norway maple - semi mature, average 300mm diameter stem and smaller - Fell to ground level See attached tree location plan and example images
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| DECISION NOTICEDecision Notice · PDF | 16 Apr 2026 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 20 Mar 2026 | View |
| SKETCH PLANDrawing · PDF | 20 Mar 2026 | View |
| PHOTO 1Photograph | 20 Mar 2026 | View |
| PHOTO 2Photograph | 20 Mar 2026 | View |
| PHOTO 3Photograph | 20 Mar 2026 | View |
| PHOTO 4Photograph | 20 Mar 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
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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