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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Birch House Sandy Lane Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 0LZ
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Birch House Sandy Lane Newcastle Under Lyme Staffordshire ST5 0LZ
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View council mapOur property is 30 Parkside Drive, May Bank, ST5 0NN. The tree is our rear neighbour on Sandy Lane. Roughly 40% of the tree in question overhangs onto our garden and also over our outbuilding. This causes issues with falling branches which has already damaged a window on our outbuilding. We would like to scale back some of the tree that overhangs our property. We have contacted the neighbour whose property the tree resides in and they are in agreement that the tree does require some reduction. We will also seek services of a professional tree surgeon once the works have been authorised.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.