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.
Council planning record
6 THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QS
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6 THE ORCHARD, LONDON, SE3 0QS
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View council mapREAR: GROUP THREE Cherry & ONE Crab Apple (G3)(cherry ht.12m, apple ht.6m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT of 3xCherry by 2.2m to ht.9.8m, LATERAL REDUCTION by 2.2m from 10m to 7.8m, remove major deadwood. CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT of 1xApple by 2.2m to ht.3.8m. Reason: routine maintenance, close to house, to reduce near to previous reduction points.REAR: ONE Holm Oak (T1)(ht.14) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.2m to 11.8m from 14m. LATERAL REDUCTION by 2.2 m from 12m to 9.8m, CROWN THIN by no more than 15%, remove crossing branches. Reason: to alleviate light issues.REAR: ONE Ash (T2)(ht.14m) FELL. Reason: due to poor physiological form, crown dieback, extensive canker, unusually shaped lower stem.Informative A: retaining ash T2 with crown reduction or as a safe standing monolith with the bird box is encouraged to retain the unusually shaped stem as a garden feature for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative B: to thank for retaining a treed rear garden for amenity, wildlife, environmental benefits, shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and to maintain the treed landscape character of this part of the Blackheath conservation area. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: new tree planting is encouraged where space allows.
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 13 Nov 2025 | View |
| Tree image 1Photographs | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 2Photographs | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree location planCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 5Photographs | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 3Photographs | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Tree image 4Photographs | 18 Sept 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 18 Sept 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.