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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9 Wychcotes Caversham Reading RG4 7DA
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Council sourceThe works we are applying for are T1 Cedar Fell and replace with new Cedar tree. The reasons for the application are as follows, the tree has shed a large limb and its size and location are such that further failure events have the capacity to cause property damage and personal injury. Contrary to the councils advised position the tree islocated in a relatively visually obscured location with only small upper sections of the canopy visible from limited viewpoints significantly limiting the real impact on local amenity from its removal. That the surrounding area is characterised by mature Cedar trees but there is no successional
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 4 Nov 2019 | View |
| Location planLocation plan · PDF | 27 Sept 2019 | View |
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