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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40 Vapron Road Plymouth PL3 5NN
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40 Vapron Road Plymouth PL3 5NN
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View council mapLine of 5 holm oaks on southern curtilage, along Thornhill Road. Reduce spread over road by 3-4 metres, increase clearance over footway by 0.8m, reduce spread on garden side of the holm oaks by maximum 2 metres, thin by 10%, removal of crossed branches, reducing height to previous cutpoints from the works done after my last approved tree works application (by 3 metres approx.). In addition there is a dead holly which will be removed (location- within line of holm oaks, towards their western end. There is also a diseased pittosporum at the easter end of the line holm oaks- I'll get the diseased branches removed.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| TPO GRANT DECISION NOTICEDecision Outcome · PDF | 28 Mar 2023 | View |
| SITE NOTICE TREESDecision Outcome · PDF | 2 Mar 2023 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM REDACTEDApplication · PDF | 12 Feb 2023 | View |
| TREE LOCATIONDrawings and Images · PDF | 12 Feb 2023 | 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
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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