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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The Beeches 19 Durham Road Bishop Auckland DL14 7HU
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Council sourceT1 - Beech - removed significant deadwood, ensure clearance of cables by up to 1 m, ensure roof clearance by up to 1 m, crown raise to 4 m over neighbouring greenhouse, pruning wounds should be no more than 30 mm in diameter and restricted to secondary branching material and end weight reductions.T2 - Lime - crown raise epicormic growth to clear lower stem to approximately 5 m, ensure dwelling clearance and BT pole/cable by up to 1 m, pruning wounds should be no more than 30 mm in diameter and restricted to secondary branching material and end weight reductions.T3 - Birch - ensure dwelling clearance by up to 1 m, pruning wounds should be no more than 30 mm in diameter and restricted to secondary branching material and end weight reductions.T4. - Lime - crown raise epicormic growth to clear lower stem to approximately 5 m, BT cable by up to 1 m, pruning wounds should be no more than 30 mm in diameter and L 15 Ref Species Num. Stems Height (m) DBH (cm) Crown Radius (m) Life Stage Life Expect and Condition Survey Notes Recommendation Priority restricted to secondary branching material and end weight reductions.T5. - Lime - crown raise epicormic growth to clear lower stem to approximately 5 m, pruning wounds should be no more than 30 mm in diameter.T6. - Horse Chestnut - FellG1 - Lawsons, Cypress, Beech, Holly and Yew - remove any dead trees and poor form/condition cypress and replant open areas with more native beech trees. - TPO - WVDC-13-1986
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| APPROVAL TPODecision · PDF | 27 Jan 2025 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORTDelegated Report · PDF | 10 Jan 2025 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 12 Dec 2024 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 10 Dec 2024 | View |
| TREE LOCATION PLANDrawing | 10 Dec 2024 | View |
| HEALTH AND CONDITION TREE REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 10 Dec 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.