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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Main Gate Road And Medway Gardens Chatham Historic Dockyard Chatham ME4 4TE
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Council sourceT40 - Sycamore - group 3x trees + surrounding basal growth - To carefully dismantle all of the stems cutting the stumps off as close to ground level as possible.T152 - London Plane - To re-pollard to the previous pollard points. Current tree height: 14.5m, Remove height: 8.1m, Leave tree height: 6.4m Current radial spread - North: 7.7m, Leave radial spread: 2m Current radial spread - East: 5.2m, Leave radial spread: 1m Current radial spread - South: 6.5m, Leave radial spread: 2m Current radial spread - West: 7m, Leave radial spread: 2mT151 - London Plane - To re-pollard to the previous pollard points. Current tree height: 15m, Remove height: 8m, Leave tree height: 7m Current radial spread - North: 7.3m, Leave radial spread: 2.8m Current radial spread - East: 6.1m, Leave radial spread: 1.5m Current radial spread - South: 5.2m, Leave radial spread: 1m Current radial spread - West: 5m, Leave radial spread: 2.5m T150 - Lime - To re-pollard the tree to the previous pollard points. Current tree height: 12m, Remove height: 3.5m, Leave tree height: 8.5m Current radial spread: 3m evenly distributed, Leave radial spread: Cut back to stick T123 - Holly - To dismantle the complete tree cutting the stump off as close to ground level as possible. Proposal for replanting To plant a Barcham's Taxus baccata Fastigiata, 65 litre 1.5 - 2m.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 15 Mar 2018 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 19 Feb 2018 | View |
| PHOTOGRAPHDrawings · PDF | 19 Feb 2018 | View |
| SITE PLANDrawings · PDF | 19 Feb 2018 | View |
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