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 Walsworth Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9SP
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Council sourceT1: Beech - Pollard, back to the previous points. T2: Ash - Pollard, back to the previous points. T3 & T4: Cypress - Fell to ground level. T5: Oak - Reduce height down by 1.5m and bring in all around by 1m to shape and balance. Lift the lower canopy, providing 1.8m of clearance from the ground, and remove deadwood. T6: Laburnum - Fell to ground level. T7: Oak - Pollard, back to the previous points.T8: Mulbury - Cut back to the boundary wall and reduce by 1m to bring it into shape.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.