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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68 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DQ
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Tree A - a multi-stemmed approx. 50ft Silver Birch tree - To reduce by 20% - 25% , Tree B - 20ft multi -stemmed Laburnum tree - To dismantle , Tree C - 20ft struggling Flowering Cherry tree - To dismantle , Tree D - 35ft Cherry Plum tree - To re-balance the shape of the tree , Tree E - 35ft Tawhiwhi tree - To re-balance the shape of the tree. , Tree F - 30ft dead Laburnum tree - To dismantle , Tree G - 22ft Damson tree - To reduce the height and width by 1/3
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| DecisionDecision · PDF | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| SITE VISIT PHOTOSPhoto | 30 Jul 2026 | View |
| LOCATION PLANOS Extract · PDF | 24 Jun 2026 | View |
| SITE PLANDrawing | 24 Jun 2026 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 24 Jun 2026 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.