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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St Veronicas Church Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JR
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Council source1 Sycamore: Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 3 metres leaving a reasonable silhouette. 2 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.3 Ash: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.4 Sycamore: Cut ivy, remove epicormic growth around base. Crown reduce southern canopy by up to 1 metre leaving a reasonable silhouette.Reason: To reduce excessive shading and nuisance to neighbours.5 Ash: Crown clean.6 Beech: Crown clean.8 Sycamore: Remove all dead woodReason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.9 Beech: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.11 Ash: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.12 Holly: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.13 Hawthorn: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.22 Spruce: Fell, treat stump with eco-plug.Reason: They are trees that have a serious, irremediable, structural defect, such that their early loss is expected due to collapse, showing signs of significant, immediate, and irreversible overall decline. Trees infected with pathogens of significance to the health and/or safety. 14 Elm: Crown clean, crown lift to give 5 metres clear canopy height over drive.15 Ash: Crown clean.16 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.17 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.18 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean. 19 Sycamore: Cut ivy, Crown clean.20 Elm: Cut ivy, Crown clean.21 Ash: Crown clean.Reason: Good arboricultural practice and notified for the avoidance of doubt.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| TPO WORKS 2020-0012 SIGNED DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 13 Aug 2020 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 22 Mar 2020 | 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.