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.
Application overview
1. Oak front boundary - Remove major deadwood greater than 25mm diameter, clear street lamp by 1 metre and raise crown over footpath to provide 3 metres clearance from ground level2. Yew - (18/G6) Crown Lift to provide 3 metres clearance from ground level and lift over garage roof to provide 1 metres clearance from top of roof 3. Laburnum front garden LHS - Remove stem pressing on wall and unstable stem towards the path. Tree in decline, will probably need removing completely in the next couple of years4. Magnolia front garden - Crown Reduction. Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to half a metre. 5. Wisteria side of house - Remove from roof, reducing to 1 ft below gutter, side of house only6. Apple rear garden - Reduce the low limb by 1-1.5 metres and reduce the limb with multiple cavities by up to 1 metre7. Beech (18/G6) - rear garden - Crown Lift to provide 3 metres clearance from ground level around the Yew archway8. Beech (18/G6) - RHS of house - Crown Lift to provide 4 metres clearance from ground level over garden to allow for marquee to be erected9. Yew (18/G6) - RHS of house - Crown Reduction. Reducing the height and spread of the tree by 0.5 - 1 metre. TPOWorks for landscaping and arranging a marquee for a private event
Proposal details
- Reference
- 23/01061/TPO
- Ward
- Woodcote And Langley Vale
- Agent
- Dave Ford Tree Care
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ACKTPOCorrespondence · PDF | 27 Sept 2023 | View |
| Application Form - without Personal dataApplication Form · PDF | 30 Aug 2023 | View |
| Tree Location PlanPlans · PDF | 30 Aug 2023 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Permission Expiry Date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
Conditions aren’t listed here. Read the council decision notice for the full decision and conditions.
