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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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ZSL London Zoo Regent's Park London NW1 4RY
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CAR PARK PUMP STATION: 1 x Apple (Malus sp) (LZ00703) - Remove basal reversion growth, lift lower branches to approx. 1m and prune tree to 'goblet' shape. 1 x Cockspur Thorn (Crataegus prunifolia) (LZ00704) - Remove basal reversion growth. Crown lift to approx. 1.5m. 1 x American Elm (Ulmus americana) (LZ000706) - Crown lift to 2.5m. 1 x Cockspur Thorn (Crataegus prunifolia) (LZ03329) - Remove reversion growth from base of tree. Crown lift to 2.5m. 1 x Cockspur Thorn (Crataegus prunifolia) (LZ03331) - Crown lift to 2.5m. Remove small lower branches to create clear standard stem. CAR PARK OUTER CIRCLE: 1 x Hybrid Black Poplar (Populus x canadensis) (LZ02055) - Reduce to previous points and remove all other regrowth across crown structure. 1 x London Plane (Platanus x hispanica) (LZ02065) - Reduce all branch structure outboard of stated kink by 2.5m. 1 x Red Haw (Crataegus mollis) (LZ03592) - Remove epicormics base/trunk. CAR PARK PRINCE ALBERT ROAD: 1 x Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) (LZ01223) - Crown lift to 3m. 1 x Caucasian Wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia) (LZ01224) - Crown lift to 2.5m - smaller diameter stems only, not main scaffold.
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