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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25 Alden Close Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AX
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Council sourceThere are a number of trees behind our fence line which is a public footpath at the top of number 12 Sunnybank road BB4 4PF. The public footpath is total overgrown, neglected and unusable. These trees are now so overgrown they are extensively encroaching our garden over the boundary line. Once they grow leaves back in spring they will be completely over our conservatory and garden. We have spent thousands on sorting the garden out and these trees are damaging the garden and if left much longer will damage our conservatory. They are also damaging our fence which is now so damp and rotting from the trees we will have to get a whole new fence.We would like to trim back the overhanging branches so this doesn?t happen. We do not want to cut down the trees or get rid of them we just want to trim back so they are not overhanging and ruining our garden etc. we are concerned if left this may invalidate our house insurance as you should not have a tree overhanging our property. We want to reduce the crown span of the trees to provide a clearance from our property boundary.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| TREE CONSULTANTS COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| TPO WORKS APP 2023-006 DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 9 Feb 2023 | View |
| 168258EB-A01A-4AB9-A80C-E6B0446B906AOther | 9 Feb 2023 | View |
| 0E36659B-2D9C-4BE9-9DAE-86CC05C482B6Other | 9 Feb 2023 | View |
| EE9EC516-7A6A-4136-9ECD-61AB84532680Other | 9 Feb 2023 | View |
| A3BE194A-78C0-4883-80B9-BB840E97708AOther | 9 Feb 2023 | View |
| 61163E99-70D4-415A-9E76-256C87623D7EOther | 9 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
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.