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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Tesco Superstore Portman Road Reading RG30 1AW
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Council sourceWe have previously been refused work to these trees, what was originally proposed (pollarding) was deemed to drastic, however we were given the following feedback, 'Reading Borough Council is sympathetic to the nuisance the trees cause to the adjacent residential properties and in view of this for an application for lesser works should be submitted. Scope of works for application wouldbe as follows, Crown lift outer branch tips in order to provide 4m clearance from ground level. Cut back overhanging branches where they overhang gardens in Chester Street, back to the boundary with Tesco's land. Crown thin canopies by a maximum of
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.