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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FLAT 4, 106 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UD
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FLAT 4, 106 BREAKSPEARS ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1UD
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View council mapREAR: ONE Holly (T1 )(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: tree is completely dead, the customer has a replacement Holly ready to be planted, duty to replace applies.REAR: ONE Sycamore (T3)(ht.12m) CROWN LIFT to 5.4m above ground level. Reason: to provide clearance and allow other garden plants to thrive, triple-stemmed.REAR: ONE Pear (T4)(ht.8m) FELL. Reason: only has one live branch and is very unstable. Some dead limbs have already fallen.Informative A: huge thank you for retaining and maintaining sycamore T3 and planting a replacement holly for dead holly T1, for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to the climate change. Informative B: a replacement pear tree for T4 is encouraged to reflect the market garden history of Brockley known for its pear trees. Informative C: please leave a safe standing stem of pear T4 or the pear stem left lying on the ground and create habitat log piles with other arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 1 Sept 2025 | View |
| T4Photographs | 23 Jul 2025 | View |
| T3Photographs | 23 Jul 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 23 Jul 2025 | View |
| Reasons for workCase Copy Documents · PDF | 23 Jul 2025 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings | 23 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.