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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30 LEE ROAD, LONDON, SE3 9RT
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REAR: TWO Holly (T1&T2) (approx.ht.10m) FELL. REASON: There are two dead holly trees, one of which has a severe lean over a neighbouring outbuilding. The trees need to be removed to ground level to prevent failure. Informative A: 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. Section 213 of Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Also ref: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance, para 121. Informative B: replacement tree planting species such as holly, hawthorn, spindle, hazel, whitebeam, common pear, quince (Cydonia oblonga). Informative C: huge thank you for retaining other rear garden trees for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative D: please leave safe standing dead stems or high stumps and 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 | 6 Sept 2026 | View |
| Tree locationCase Copy Drawings | 6 Aug 2026 | View |
| Reason for works statementCase Copy Documents · PDF | 6 Aug 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 2Photographs | 6 Aug 2026 | View |
| Tree photo 1Photographs | 6 Aug 2026 | View |
| Application formApplication Form · PDF | 6 Aug 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.