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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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Gray's Inn Gardens Gray's Inn Road London WC1R
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IN GRAY'S INN GARDENS: 2 x London Planes (T7 & T8) - Reduce back overextended branches over lawn by approx. 2m, back into the profile of the upper crown. Lift low crowns to an even level at approx. 16m above ground level (back to vicinity of previous crown lifting work). 1 x Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara) (T53) - Fell tree to ground. 1 x Indian Bean (Catalpa bignonioides) (T54) - Reduce crown size by approx. 1.5m. 1 x Eucalyptus (T55) - Lift low crown to an even level at approx. 5.5m. 1 x Gingko (T58) - Lift lowest swirl of branches to lift crown to 3.5m 1 x Mulberry (Morus sp.) (T59) - Crown reduce by 1.5m. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T61) - Reduce lowest limb on western side by 2m - 3m. 1 x Ash (T62) - Lift low crown to an even level at approx. 4m. IN JOCKEY'S FIELDS: 1 x Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) (T77) - Crown lift to 6m for highway clearance. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T82) - Crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T83) - Reduce 2nd limb up on northern side by 2m- 3m. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T85) - Reduce length of compromised limb over car park back to first major growth point. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (T87) - Reduce length of compromised limb over highway by 2m - 3m. IN SOUTH SQUARE:1 x Honey locust (T100) - Thin crown by approx. 20%, with emphasis on crowded and crossing branches and Lift low crown to an even level at app. 5.5m above ground level. 1 x Weeping Elm (T101) - Fell to ground level.
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