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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Council sourceApplication for T1. Mature multi-stemmed maple-Remove all significant dead wood above half an inch, stubs, scars, and wind damage; Small Elderberry-section fell to a workable ground level; Mature twin-stemmed Maple- Remove all significant dead wood above half an inch, stubs, scars, and wind damage; Mature Oak- Remove the four lowest limbs, growing out over towards the garden, Remove all significant dead wood above half an inch, stubs, scars, and wind damage; Second Mature Oak-Remove the two lowest limbs, Remove all significant dead wood above half an inch, stubs, scars, and wind damage; Mature Leyland Cypress-Reduce height by approx. 3 metres/one third; Mature Hawthorn-Reduce the height by approx. 1 metre, Reduce all remaining side laterals by 1 metre to leave an overall reduction of 30%, Thin out canopy by 30%; Fell 4 dead Hawthorns; Small Cypress-remove smaller stem all subject to TPO No.1 1973
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| CONSENT GRANTEDDecision Notice · PDF | 11 May 2021 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORT SHEETReport · PDF | 10 May 2021 | View |
| TREE PLANDrawings · PDF | 31 Mar 2021 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.