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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St Christophers School 32 Belsize Lane London NW3 5AE
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FRONT AREA: 1 x Maple group (T5) - Remove disease branches as needed, entire canopy. 1 x Lime (T6) - Reduce size of crown height and spread by 2m - 2.5m. REAR PLAY AREA: 1 x London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia) (T7) - Pollard back to previous pruned points. Reduce all live branches 2m - 3m length reduction, entire canopy. 1 x Maple (T8) - Reduce spread by pollarding back to previous pruned points growing towards fence to give clearance of 2m - 2.5m. Reduce live branches as needed 2m - 2.5m length reduction, growing toward fence.
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