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
73 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY
73 LONDON ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3TY
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View council mapFRONT: ONE Ash (5521) (T4 in TPO) RE-POLLARD HEIGHT by approx.8m from 18m to ht.10m, REDUCE SPREAD by 11m from 16m to 5m to secondary historic pollard points.Reason: following results of climbing inspection. Heavily weighted re-grown pollard limbs over high target areas. Proposed work to manage crown size and risk to highway.The London Borough of Lewisham (London Road) Tree Preservation Order 1973Informative A: the sensitive management of the tree's condition is greatly appreciated for landscape amenity beside the A205 to reduce air pollution, for wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change.Informative B: please create habitat log piles from cut branches for wildlife and biodiversity.Informative C: where space allows, please plant new frontage trees for mixed age of tree stock to maintain long-term treed amenity setting to the flats and A205.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 10 Feb 2026 | View |
| Aerial viewCase Copy Drawings | 5 Jan 2026 | View |
| Tree location mapCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 5 Jan 2026 | View |
| Tree image 1Photographs | 5 Jan 2026 | View |
| Works orderCase Copy Documents · PDF | 5 Jan 2026 | View |
| Tree image 2Photographs | 5 Jan 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 5 Jan 2026 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.