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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82 GELLATLY ROAD, LONDON, SE14 5TT
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REAR: ONE: Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) (T01) (ht.7m) FELL. Reason: large tree for confined garden setting, leaning at base, to benefit growth of established fig tree. REAR: ONE: Prunus padus (Bird Cherry) (T04) (ht.4m) FELL.Reason: multi-stemmed, to benefit growth of established fig tree.Informative A: thank you for retaining other trees for amenity, wildlife and to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity. Informative C: replacement tree planting is encouraged with smaller species such as hawthorn, crab apple, elder, alder buckthorn, quince (Cydonia oblonga), hazel. Informative D: please create hedgehog highway holes in boundary fencing.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Decision noticeDecision · PDF | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Photo of treesPhotographs | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Photo of treesPhotographs | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Statement of worksCase Copy Documents · PDF | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Photo of treesPhotographs | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Photo of treesPhotographs | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Tree listCase Copy Documents · PDF | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Google maps photo of locationCase Copy Documents · PDF | 9 Apr 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 9 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.