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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Chapel House Heighton Road South Heighton East Sussex BN9 0JH
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Chapel House Heighton Road South Heighton East Sussex BN9 0JH
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View council mapT1. Is a beech tree that needs removing from the bank this is due to the wall that is holding up the bank has started to fall away under the pressure which will soon result to the tree collapsing into the road. T2. Is a Sycamore tree that is also on the bank of the failing wall which is also a risk the road below due to being unstable.T3. Is a Sycamore tree that over hangs the property, we would like to reduce this tree by 1.5 meters all round to keep the tree away from the nearby house preventing future damage to the tree and property.T4. Is a twined stemmed conifer tree that we would like to reduce in height by 4 meters which will help create light towards the other trees below and to prevent storm damage in the future.T5. Is a small group of beech saplings that we would like to reduce to hedge height as they have outgrown the hedge this will need to be reduce by 5 meters off the top.T6. Is a conifer tree that we want to reduce and shape by up to 1.5 meters this is to help it from outgrowing the location in which it is in and to keep the tree at a more suitable size. T7. Is another group of small beech saplings that we would like to reduce back down to hedge height by 5 meters to help keep in keeping with the hedge already there.T8. Is a pine tree that is leaning towards the house we would like to reduce away from the house by removing the branches that are causing the tree to lean one sided to prevent the tree from being unbalanced and dangerous to the property.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision notice LDC PLAP (public)Decision notice LDC PLAP (public) | 5 Aug 2022 | View |
| Schedule of WorksPlanning portal document LDC PLAP | 23 May 2022 | View |
| Planning portal document LDC PLAPPlanning portal document LDC PLAP | 23 May 2022 | View |
| Planning portal application form no personal data LDC PLAPPlanning portal application form no personal data LDC PLAP | 23 May 2022 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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