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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70 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1ST
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70 UPPER BROCKLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1ST
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View council mapFRONT: ONE Magnolia (T1)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1m from 4m to ht.3m, LATERAL REDUCE radius by 1.5m from 4m to 2.5m at south compass point over neighbour's front garden. Reason: clearance from building, alleviate light issues and branch spread over neighbours garden (no.72), and enable centre of canopy to re-establish after removal of conifer last year ref DC/24/137231. Informative A: the sensitive crown reduction is appreciated for amenity, tree aesthetics and tree health to maintain a balanced crown within the frontage setting while managing clearance from windows and enable the canopy centre to re-establish after the removal of the adjacent conifer last year ref DC/24/137231. Informative B: a 6-week notice for the Magnolia has also been submitted by the neighbour (no.72) to lateral reduce radius by 3.9m from 4m on S compass point and crown thin by 30% for clearance from building, alleviate light issues and potential damage to building, ref DC/25/139899.Informative C: for any work to which the council has no objection, it is for the applicant to get any necessary permission from a neighbour before carrying out work beyond the applicant's boundary, (eg.for access onto a neighbour's land, or work within a neighbour's boundary).
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.