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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Applecross Cottage Mathern Road Mathern Monmouthshire NP16 6JH
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Council sourceCherry; rear right corner - Reduce top, adjacent drive side and clients side but leave neighbours side, by upto 3m to help bring it back into shape, but if neighbours side isn?t done when we do our work then possibly do that side as well.Cherrys x2; along left hand boundary.- Reduce clients side and adjacent drive side by up to 2m and shape and crown raise over lawn to allow better access for mowing the lawn, also where the electric cables have been cleared by western power remove the new growth to clear cables.Hawthorn; front lawn area next to road on the right hand side.- Reduce and shape by upto 1m.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| TREE IN CON AREA APPROVE DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 26 Aug 2025 | View |
| APPLECROSS WHATMORE JOB SHEETOther · PDF | 21 Jul 2025 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 21 Jul 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.