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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Calthope Community Garden 258 - 274 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LH
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IN GARDEN (SEE MAP): 1 x Field Maple (T4) - Crown clean. 1 x Field Maple (T5) - Crown clean. Remove branch at 5m height growing to east where it's rubbing on T3. 1 x Whitebeam (T10) - Reduce lateral spread 1m - 1.5m to balance. 1 x Bird Cherry (T12) - Crown reduce height 2.5m - 3m branch lengths. Crown reduce spread 2m - 2.5m branch lengths to north / east. Crown reduce spread 1.5m - 2m branch lengths to south / west. 1 x Lime (T20) - Crown reduce height and spread to previous most recent reduction points, retaining soft furnishing growth by pruning branch lengths of 2.5m - 3.5m. 1 x Honey locust (T36) - Fell to ground level.
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