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
25 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
25 EARLSTHORPE ROAD, LONDON, SE26 4PD
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View council mapFRONT: One Leylandii (T1)(ht.2.5m) FELL. Reason: tree grown too large for small front garden, causing structural damage to property and blocking light to front window.REAR: One Apple (T2)(ht.2m) FELL. Reason: tree is leaning, is being propped up and about to fall, to be replaced with another apple tree in the rear garden.REAR SIDE: One Cherry (T3)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 1.5m to ht.2.5m, CROWN THIN By 10%. Reason: general maintenance.Informative A: huge thank you for proposed replacement for rear apple (T2) and for retaining rear apple (T3) for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: frontage replacement planting is encouraged with shrubs and perennials for urban greening amenity and wildlife benefits. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 14 Jan 2026 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Official copy title planCase Copy Documents · PDF | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Tree survey landscapeCase Copy Documents · PDF | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Existing & proposed block planCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Tree image 3Photographs | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Tree image 2Photographs | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Site photo 1Photographs | 31 Oct 2025 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings | 31 Oct 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.