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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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90 WOOD VALE, LONDON, SE23 3ED
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REAR: ONE Hawthorn (T1)(ht.4m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 2.2m to ht.1.8m. Reason: remove dead stems, reduce remaining stems to 0.5m below previous reduction points as marked image. REAR: TWO Plum (T2-T3)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: T2 has severe basal decay. T3 is not mature but is in the wrong place.REAR: ONE Apple (T4)(ht.4m) FELL. Reason: remove for relandscaping.REAR: ONE Oak (T5)(ht.10m) CROWN REDUCE HIGHT by 3m to ht.7m, REDUCE SPREAD by 2.1m from 7.0m to 4.9m as marked image. Reason: tree is getting too large, pre-emptive to prevent insurance companies from condemning the tree in the future.REAR: ONE Goat Willow (T6)(ht.8m) FELL.Reason: encroaching on lawn area. REAR: ONE Goat Willow (T7)(ht.8m) LATERAL REDUCE, by 1.5m from 5m to 3.5m and CROWN LIFT to 3m above ground level, on S/SE/SW compass. Reason: reduce lower branches to main trunk as encroaching lawn area.REAR: ONE Pear (T8) (ht.12m) FELL. Reason: old tree with large amounts of deadwood in the crown. Although a very special specimen, it may not be retainable and seems to be in decline.REAR: ONE Weeping Willow (T9)(ht.7m) RE-POLLARD by 2.5m to ht.4.5m, REDUCE SPREAD by 1.5m from 7.5m to 6m to previous pruning points.Reason: routine maintenance, pollarded 3-4 years ago ref DC/23/129883 (white rot trunk decay in one stem). Informative A: huge thank you for retaining 4x trees. Retaining pear (T8) is encouraged as it is an old tree with much amenity and biodiversity value. Informative B: the new tree planting is welcome and planting native trees is encouraged at the end of the garden by the nature trail for wildlife habitat and biodiversity species such as wild cherry, silver birch, hazel, holly, elder, goat willow, hawthorn, field maple, alder buckthorn, purging buckthorn, wild privet, honeysuckle. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 2Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Statement of worksCase Copy Documents · PDF | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photoCase Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 7Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Supporting statementCase Copy Documents | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Sketch planCase Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Back garden planting planCase Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 6Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 5Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 4Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 3Case Copy Drawings | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| Agent marked reduction pointsPhotographs · PDF | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
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