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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Hitchin Girls School Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RS
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Hitchin Girls School Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RS
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View council mapT1 - PINE, sever Ivy. T2 - YEW, sever Ivy at base. T3 - YEW, sever Ivy at base, prune to clear building by 1m. T4 - SYCAMORE, remove deadwood. T5 - YEW, prune as required to clear telephone lines. T6 - BEECH, reduce overall crown close to previous reduction points. T7 - YEW, prune to clear telegraph and lines by 0.5m. T8 - NORWAY MAPLE, reduce overall crown close to previous pruning points. T9 - BEECH, reduce overall crown close to previous reduction points. T10 - LIME, sever Ivy, reduce to previous pruning points. T11- BEECH, reduce overall crown close to previous points. T12 - ACACIA, remove deadwood. T13 - CHERRY, reduce lateral spread over lawn by 2m, remove deadwood and hanging limb. T14 - SILVER BIRCH, sever Ivy and clear vine and deadwood from crown. T15 - PINE, shorten lateral spread by 2.5m, prune to remove deadwood. T16 - PINE, selectively prune to reduce lateral spread by 2 m and remove deadwood. T17 - MULBERRY, remove dead limb. T18 - MALUS, remove suckers. T19 - BEECH, raise crown to 4.5m. T20 - BEECH, raise crown to 4.5m. T21 - SYCAMORE, prune to clear lamp column. T22 - BEECH, weight reduction by 1.5 - 2m in upper crown to ease pressure on fork. T23 - ELM, remove deadwood. T24 - BEECH, remove deadwood. T25 - PINE, prune to remove deadwood and branch stubs. T26 - BEECH, remove branch stub. T27 - BEECH, remove deadwood. T28 - SYCAMORE, remove basal shoots, deadwood and shorten lateral by 2.5/3m to match upper crown. T29 - OAK, reduce overall crown by 3m to remove deadwood. T30 - SYCAMORE, remove dead and damaged limbs. T31 - SYCAMORE, remove basal shoots and deadwood. T32 - BEECH, reduce in height to 2.5/3m and maintain as hedgerow. T33 - HOLLY, sever Ivy and raise crown to clear fence. T34 - SYCAMORE, remove. T35 - ASH, remove. T36 - ASH, remove. T37 - HOLLY, remove. T38 - ELM, sever Ivy. T39 - ASH, shorten limb by 2.5/3m. T40 - SYCAMORE GROUP, sever Ivy. T41 - SYCAMORE, sever Ivy, raise crown to 3m.
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| Decision noticeDecision Notice | Not published | View |
| Sketch Plan - Tree locationPlans | Not published | View |
| Application Form RedactedApplication Forms | Not published | 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.