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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68 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AG
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68 CRESSINGHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE13 5AG
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View council mapFRONT: TWO Cherry trees (6736-6737) CROWN REDUCTION Ht by 3m from 7m to 4m, Spread by 3m from 8m to 5m. REAR: ONE Italian Alder tree (6735) Ht 12m LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 8m to 6m on all compass point. REASON: Close to building, to maintain uniform crown balance and mitigate encroachment. ONE Cherry tree (6733) CROWN REDUCTION by 2m from 7m to 5m, Spread by 2m from 6m to 4m. REASON: Crown dominant to North and overhangs driveway. - Following findings from a tree survey.Informative A: The sensitive management of trees is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate changeInformative B: Wherever possible, please create habitat log piles in the garden from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversityInformative C: Reminder of case DC/24/135057 three dead Sorbus duty to replace, if not already done
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 27 Aug 2025 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree photo 4Photographs | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Arb works orderCase Copy Documents · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Google map-aerial viewCase Copy Drawings | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree photoPhotographs | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree photo 2Photographs | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree photo 3Photographs | 3 Jul 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.