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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38A Bedford Place St Giles London WC1B 5JU
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REAR GARDEN: 1 x Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima (T25) - Pollard. Pruning to remove approx. 5m in height and up to 2m in radial spread (balancing the crown structure), leaving the finishing height at around 13m to be managed as a pollard with cyclical reduction.
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