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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Gloucester Gate Gardens Chalk Farm London NW1 4HJ
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IN GARDENS: 1 x Golden Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) (T274) - Lift low canopy removing pendulous growth to 2.5m from the whole crown to clear shrubs. Retain all structural branches. 1 x Red Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) (T275) - Lift low canopy removing pendulous growth to 2.5m from the whole crown to clear shrubs. Retain all structural branches. 1 x Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) (T276) - Fell to ground level. 1 x Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) (T277) - Lift low canopy removing pendulous growth to 2. m from the whole crown to clear shrubs. Retain all structural branches. 1 x Pissardii's Plum (Prunus cerasifera) (T278) Lift low canopy removing pendulous growth to 2.5m from the whole crown to clear shrubs. Also remove the contorted dead stub at 2m to the northwest. 1 x Pissardii's Plum (Prunus cerasifera) (T743) - Reduce lower branches to the west at 3m - 4m, by 0.5m - 1m, to maintain the crown at reasonable dimensions and prevent extraneous extension growth over the road. Lift low canopy removing pendulous growth to 2.5m from the whole crown to clear shrubs. Retain all structural branches. 1 x Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) (T1655) - Lift low canopy removing all minor branches from the base to 1.8m, to clear the shrub bed and establish a new lower crown height of the maturing cypress.
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