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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Elmgrove House, 20 Bute Gardens, London, W6 7DR
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W1 = (White beam) - Small Tree Felling - REAR Garden To remove the tree to ground level, to estimated 30 centimetres, to avoid blunting saws. L1 = (Lime) - Small Pollard To restore the tree to its previous pollard points or establish new ones as needed. To reduce the tree's height by 3 meters and its spread by 2 meters. To eliminate any dead or decaying wood identified during aerial inspection. To eliminate any basal growth on the trunk. To remove nested foliage overgrown from neighbours to create a uniform tree, cutting back to boundary by 2 meters. SB1 = (Silver birch) - Small Tree Felling To remove the tree to ground level, to estimated 30 centimetres, to avoid blunting saws. C1 = (Cherry) - Small Tree Reduction To reduce tree by 30% in overall canopy, estimated 1.5 meters in height and 1 meters in spread. To lift lower branches to crown break, estimated 3 meters from ground level. To thin branches by 10% and dead wood significant branches. SG1 = (1 Day Rate) Tree Stum... read more
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| Document | Published | Action |
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| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDCouncil document | Not published | View |
| 20 BUTE GARDENSCouncil document | Not published | View |
| NEW STATEMENT OF IMPACT 12.12.24Council document | Not published | View |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TREECouncil document | Not published | View |
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