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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258 - 274 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LH
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IN GROUNDS SEE PLAN: 1 x Oak (T1) - Reduce crown by 2m due to lean/overhang of adjacent property. 1 x ash (T2) - Fell to ground level. 4 x Field Maples (T3) - Reduce lateral branches by 2m - 3m to boundary with neighbouring properties. 1 x Whitebeam (T5) - Reduce to previous reduction points (2m - 2.5m branch removal). 1 x Plum (T6) - Reduce by 2m - 3m (back to previous points). Lift by 1m - 2m. 1 x Catalpa (T7) - Reduce 2m - 3m. 1 x Silver Lime (T8) - Crown lift 3m - 4m. 1 x Crab Apple (T9) - Remove damaged branch growing towards bridge. 1 x Gleditsia (T10) - Crown lift to 6m from ground level. 1 x Gleditsia (T11) - Crown lift to 6m from ground level. Prune clear of adjacent building by 2m - 3m. 1 x Gleditsia (T12) - Crown lift to 6m from ground level. 3 x Limes (T13 14 15) - Crown lift to 7m from ground level. 2 x Limes (T16, 17) - Pollard to previous points of pollarding at 5m - 6m from ground level. 1 x Portugal Laurel (T18) - Remove diseased stem closest to railing. 1 x Lime (T19) - Crown lift to 7m from ground level. 1 x Cherry Plum (T20) - Crown lift by 2m. Thin out by removal of internal epicormic growth. 1 x Holly (T21) - Reduce height by 2m - 3m (back to previous points). Crown lift to 4m from ground level.
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