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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HABERDASHERS ASKES HATCHAM COLLEGE, PEPYS ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5SF
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FRONT: ONE: Lime tree (T1)(ht.16m) FELL. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property.FRONT: ONE: Lime tree (T2)(ht.14m) FELL. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property.FRONT: ONE: Horse Chestnut tree (T4)(ht.18m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 4m to ht.14m, REDUCE SPREAD by 5m from 14m to 9m, prune on a biennial cycle top maintain broadly at reduced dimensions. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at subject property.Informative A: to thank for retaining other frontage trees for landscape character, amenity, setting of the school buildings, wildlife, shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change and reducing air pollution. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: should removal of the 2x lime trees not secure building stability, then would encourage the underpinning to avoid further tree removal.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 18 May 2026 | View |
| Site photosPhotographs · PDF | 8 Apr 2026 | View |
| Tech reportCase Copy Drawings · PDF | 8 Apr 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 8 Apr 2026 | View |
| Arboricultural appraisal reportCase Copy Documents · PDF | 8 Apr 2026 | View |
| Geotechnical reportCase Copy Documents · PDF | 8 Apr 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.