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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22 St Alban's Road London NW5 1RD
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FRONT GARDEN: 1 x Cotinus (T1) - Raise crown over the pavement to approx. 2.2m to ensure obstruction is avoided. Reduce crown back to previous and most recent reduction points, approx. 1.2m - 1.5m to produce a more compact crown. Thin crown density by approx. 20%. 1 x Amelanchier (T2) - Formative prune by reducing leader stems by approx. 1m, to produce a more even crown height line. Tip prune, reducing by up to 0.3m to shape. REAR GARDEN: 1 x Hoheria (T4) - Reduce crown height by approx. 1m - 1.2m. Thin crown density by approx. 25% by means of removing overcrowded stems. Trim sides hard back, up to approx. 0.7m whilst preserving as much fine structure on the branch ends. Raise crown by up to 0.5m, ensuring low screen is preserved whilst viewing the tree from the ground floor level.
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