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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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147 Walm Lane, London, NW2 3AU
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Council sourceTree Number - T1 Tree Type - Mulberry tree (Morus spp.) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.5-1m Approx. Height - 9m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 12m Location - Rear garden Right hand boundary Service - Crown Reduction Work Required - Crown reduce tree back to previous points by removing up to 2m from the height and 1.5m from lateral growth. Reason - as part of continued maintenance, hard pruning of limbs to reduce end weight due to historic limb failures, also to reduce loading on main union at base which has split (tree has also been braced) Priority Code - A Tree Number - H1 Tree Type - Leyland Cypress (X cupressoncyparis leylandii) hedge Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.1-0.2m Approx. Height - 5-6m Location - Rear garden Rear boundary Service - Prune Work Required - Reduce height by removing approximately 1m and trim clients side only to tidy Reason - as per clients wishes to control and contain hedge at its current dimensions Priority Code - ON Tree number - T2 Tree type - Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignoniodes) Approx Height - 6m Location - Rear garden, Rear boundary Service - Prune Work required- Prune overhanging branches back to boundary by removing up to 3m Reason - To reduce encroachment over neighbours side Priority code - ON Tree Number - T3 Tree Type - Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Approx. Diameter at 1.5m - 0.15m Approx. Height - 4m Approx. Crown Spread Diameter - 2m Location - Rear garden, middle Service - Section dismantle Work Required - Section dismantle tree to near ground level Reason - Tree is suppressing adjacent trees Priority Code - ON
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| List - consulted on applicationConsultation · PDF | 2 Oct 2026 | View |
| List - consultedConsultation · PDF | 2 Oct 2026 | View |
| Tree sketch planSupporting Documents | 30 Sept 2026 | View |
| Application form redactedApplication Form (Public) · PDF | 30 Sept 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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