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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67 HORNIMAN DRIVE, LONDON, SE23 3BU
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REAR: ONE Elder (T1)(ht.4m) FELL.Reason: poor quality, self-seeded specimen, crown in decline, client is reinstating boundary fencing where the tree is growing and is keen to relandscape and plant the area.FRONT: ONE Ash (T3)(ht.8m) remove deadwood (exempt works).Reason: tree has major deadwood overhanging a public footpath, prominent basal decay and Inonotus hispidus brackets on top of the crown, outside a school, posing a hazard.Informative A: replacement planting is encouraged for rear (T1) for amenity and to support wildlife with another elder or such as crab apple, pear, hazel, laburnum, Magnolia, mulberry. Informative B: huge thanks for retaining the front ash for streetscape amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings from T1 & T2 for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative D: please provide hedgehog highway holes in the gravel board of replacement fencing.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs · PDF | 9 Mar 2026 | View |
| Statement of worksCase Copy Documents · PDF | 9 Mar 2026 | View |
| Site mapCase Copy Documents | 9 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 9 Mar 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 9 Mar 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.