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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6 Martin Court Hempstead Gillingham ME7 3SD
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Council sourceT1 - Beech - Reduce back lower/middle canopy by 2m to leave appox 4.2m from trunk.T2 to T5 - Oak & Beech - remove low branches to leave a clear trunk of 5m & prune higher canopies leaving 4.20m from the property & 4.2m from the trunk.T6 - Oak - Reduce crown height by 4.5m to leave a 13.5m.Reduce large limb over neighbours to leave 4m from main stem.T7 - Chesnut - Crown Lift to leave a clear trunk to 5/6m. Crown reduce by 4.5m to leave at 13.5m.T8 - Hornbeam - Prune Canopy by 2m.T9 - Hornbeam - Reduce Crown by 3m to leave at 12m.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.