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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12 Downshire Hill London NW3 1NR
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REAR GARDEN: 1 x Magnolia (T1) - Reduce crown by approx. 1m - 1.5m all round. 2 x Pencil Conifers (T3 & T4) - Reduce both crowns by approx. 1.2m. 1 x Birch (T5) - Reduce crown by up to 1.23m. Thin crown density by 20%. FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Magnolia (T7) - Reduce crown by up to 1.2m all round. Thin crown density by approx. 20%. 1 x Magnolia (T8) - Reduce crown by approx. 1.5m - 1.75m. Thin crown density by approx. 20%. Remove climbing plant. Reduce or remove Laurel stem growing in the canopy. 1 x Olive - (T9) - Reduce crown by approx. 1.5m. Thin crown density by 20%. 1 x Yucca - (T10) - Fell to ground level and remove root ball. 2 x Pencil Conifers (T11 & T12) - Fell both to ground level and remove root balls. 3 x Thuja (T13, T14 & T15) - Trim lateral and sub lateral growth by approx. 1m -1.5m to shape and tidy. 3 x Leyland Cypress stems (Boundary Hedge) - Reduce back into main hedge line. Row of Pleached Hornbeams (G2) - Reduce lateral and sub lateral branches by approx. 1.5m to control encroachment. Tip prune to a height of approx. 6m to encourage lower crown regrowth.
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