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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Heathlands Primary School, New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
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Council sourceNo development shall take place until a landscape scheme has been submitted to and approved by the County Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of areas to be planted with species, sizes, spacing, protection and programme of implementation. The scheme shall also include details of any existing trees and hedgerows on site with details of any trees and/or hedgerows to be retained and measures for their protection during the period of [operations/construction of the development. The scheme shall be implemented within the first available planting season (October to March inclusive) following completion of the development hereby permitted.
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