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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Playing Fields (Site B) Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire
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Playing Fields (Site B) Magdalen College School Cowley Place Oxford Oxfordshire
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View council mapRemoval of various trees and works to 1no. Lombardy Poplar tree and 1no. Horse Chestnut tree as specified by ARBUK Limited in the Central conservation area.036 - 5 recently dead trees (Sycamores and a hawthorn) to be removed. 039 - Lombardy Poplar repruned back to the historic pollarding points at approx.10m above ground level. 044 - Horse Chestnut, Crown lift over river to c.4m 051 - Crack Willow the tree is removed entirely. 062 - 4 larch, 3 - 2 of which are now standing dead - both dead trees should be removed.
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| Rncatz decisionDecision · PDF | 6 Jul 2026 | View |
| Tree officer site photoPhoto | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| Layout 1Drawing · PDF | 10 Jun 2026 | View |
| Layout 2Drawing · PDF | 10 Jun 2026 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.