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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188 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AN
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188 ALGERNON ROAD, LONDON, SE13 7AN
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View council mapREAR: ONE Acacia (T1)(ht.10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m to 7m from 10m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 7m to 5m Reason: General maintenance and re balance crown.REAR: ONE purple plum (T2)(ht.7m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 5m from 7m. Reason: General maintenance REAR: ONE Cherry (T3)(ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2 m to 4m from 6m. Reason.General maintenance Informative A: The sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change.Informative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.