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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North Orpington Pumping Station, East Drive, Orpington
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x1 Beech tree at south-east of new Lockesley Chase Development - Crown lift branches over car parking space for house to 3m and 0.5m back from car parking space as per plan to allow access to car with out fighting the tree. Pruning in winter to 3m will account for the branches being lower when in leaf. Tip prune several rogue leaders back in to crown as per plan to keep specimen shapeSUBJECT TO TPO 2610 (30.4.2015)
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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