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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PENDRAGON COURT, SOUTHCOTE LANE, READING
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Council sourceT0242. - Horse chestnut - lapsed pollard with significant decay within pollard heads a structural weakness making the tree a potential hazard for adjoining school and apartment block - Pollard to c 20cm below the original pollard heads leaving the tree at c 8m height; reducing central stems to just above their divide (TPO 79/13)
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.