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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5 WESTBOURNE DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 2UP
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5 WESTBOURNE DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 2UP
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View council mapFRONT: ONE Horse chestnut (T1 in TPO)(ht.18m, r.9-10m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 16m, REDUCE RADIUS by 2-3m to 7m, remove stem epicormics and deadwood. Reason: clearance to property, to manage the tree within the frontage.FRONT: ONE: Horse Chestnut (T2 in TPO)(ht.16m, r.7-8m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to ht.14m, RADIUS REDUCE by 1-2m to 6m. CROWN LIFT to 5m above ground level by length reduction of cascading branches, remove deadwood. Reason: to manage the tree within the frontage, overhang to no.3 and pavement.The London Borough of Lewisham (ROCKBOURNE, SUNDERLAND, WALDRAM PARK ROAD AND CHURCH RISE), Tree Preservation Order 1974.Informative A: huge thank you for maintaining and retaining the trees for amenity, wildlife, reducing air pollution from the south circular and for shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to the changing climate. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.Informative C: depaving carefully by hand around the base of trees is encouraged, replace with 50mm depth bark mulch clear of the tree trunk, to improve the rooting environment and create opportunity for urban greening enhancement.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 28 Jul 2025 | View |
| Schedule of worksCase Copy Documents · PDF | 11 Jul 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 11 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree image 1Photographs · PDF | 11 Jul 2025 | View |
| Reasons for workCase Copy Documents · PDF | 11 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree sketch location mapCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 11 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.