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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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Marsden Gardens Parking Area, Rear Of Flats Marsden Gardens, Outside 4-7 Birdwood Avenue And Side Of 16 Chapman Court Dartford Kent
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Council sourceApplication for T3 3 Sorbus trees on Marsden Gardens parking area-raise the crown by 1m to clear parking bays and reduce crowns by 1m overall; T4 11 Pear trees in the rear of the flats in Marsden Gardens to reduce height and width to shape as previous pleached currently 9m tall coming down to 6m in height and currently 2m wide being reduced to a pleached roughly .75m wide; T5 group of 6 Lime trees outside Birdwood. To reduce the height of 12m by up to 3.5m leaving them at 8.5m back to previous pleached points and reduce the lateral branches by 2.5-3m to re shape as pleached as previous. And root prune single Lime tree to below ground level as it is lifting the footpath; T6 trees along the side of 16 Chapman Court reduce lateral branches towards building by 1m reducing the spread from 6m to 5m all subject to Tree Preservation Order No.4 1996
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| CONSENT GRANTEDDecision Notice · PDF | 29 Dec 2021 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORT SHEETReport · PDF | 15 Dec 2021 | View |
| TREES LOCATIONDrawings · PDF | 5 Nov 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
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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