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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St Thomas Church Cowshill Bishop Auckland DL13 1DA
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St Thomas Church Cowshill Bishop Auckland DL13 1DA
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View council mapT4 - Rowan, fell and remove tree cut stump as low to ground as practically possible, (Section 211 notice). T14 - Sycamore (subject to TPO/357/2024), shorten back small diameter branches in the lower crown on the north side of the tree, to an appropriate side branch, by a maximum of 2m to create sufficient clearance from the adjacent church roof.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| APPROVAL TPODecision · PDF | 31 Jul 2024 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORTDelegated Report · PDF | 31 Jul 2024 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 10 Jun 2024 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 4 Jun 2024 | View |
| PLANDrawing | 4 Jun 2024 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.