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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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REAR: ONE Lime (T2)(ht.13m) FELL - leaving safe standing stem totem is encouraged for wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Reason: large cavity, hollow main stem, fell as close to ground level as possible. Grind out stump to 200mm below ground level. Grindings will be left neatly in stump location.REAR: ONE dead Lime (T1)(ht.13m) FELL - leaving safe standing stem totem is encouraged for wildlife habitat and biodiversity. Reason: T1 already has TCA consent to fell ref DC/25/142234, T1 is hollow from the base up to the crown break at around 4m, is dead and causing a serious health and safety issue. Informative A: please leave safe standing trunks as totems with bark crevices and decay cavity for bats, other wildlife habitat and biodiversity, and please create habitat log piles with arisings also for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative B: the Bat Conservation Trust advises checking thoroughly for roosting bats before and during tree works with soft fell process followed to proceed with care and with cut timber left grounded over night to allow any bats to make their way out, tree works ideally during Sept/Oct to avoid maternity and hibernation seasons when bats are most vulnerable to disturbance. Informative C: the landowner has a duty to plant another tree of an appropriate size and species when a tree is removed in a conservation area because it is dead or presents an immediate risk of serious harm. Ref. Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance, para 121.Informative D: the replacement tree planting under duty to replace is greatly appreciated, please plant 2 different species for amenity and climate change resilience selected from small leaved lime, sessile oak, Turkey oak, Japanese Pagoda Tree, Indian Horse Chestnut, walnut, Golden Rain Tree/Pride of India (Koelreuteria paniculata), Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), wild service tree, Liquidambar, Italian alder, Ginkgo, Caucasian elm (Zelkova carpinifolia).
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 30 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Video of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Tree location planCase Copy Documents · PDF | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treePhotographs | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Photo of treeCase Copy Documents | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 19 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.