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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48 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
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48 TRESSILLIAN ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1YB
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View council mapFRONT: ONE Privet hedge (0374nt)(ht.3m) CROWN REDUCTION HEIGHT by 2m to ht.1m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1m from 2m to 1m. REASON: multi stemmed, adjacent footpath, maintenance & encroachment issue to path.REAR: THREE Lilac (0373nt)(ht.3m) FELL. REASON: clearance to garden, partially failed and heavily ivy congested (please manage for coppice regrowth - see informative B below)Informative A: maintaining the front hedge for urban greening amenity is greatly appreciated. Informative B: the rear lilac is overgrown but provides amenity and wildlife habitat ? please amend works to low pollard for coppice regrowth for amenity and wildlife. Informative C: please create habitat wood piles or 'dead hedge' with some arisings for wildlife and biodiversity
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 13 Aug 2025 | View |
| Marked photosPhotographs · PDF | 15 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
| Tree imagePhotographs | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
| Statement of worksCase Copy Documents · PDF | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
| Aerial viewPhotographs | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
| Tree image 2Photographs | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 24 Jun 2025 | View |
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.