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.
Application overview
I am seeking permission to carry out pruning works to trees that are the subject of a Tree Preservation Order (TPO). Oak tree Remove the damaged limb (reference Oak_PH1). Undertake light pruning to reduce branches encroaching too close to the property (reference Oak_PH2). Ash tree Prune the overhanging limb back to the nearest suitable growth point to prevent encroachment over the driveway and improve the tree's structure (Ash_PH3).
Proposal details
- Reference
- R26/0717
- Alternative references
- PP-15068478
- Ward
- Dunsmore, Eastlands
- Parish
- Unparished
- UPRN
- 10094757174
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| Document | Published | Action |
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| File Size: 3763765, HREF: , Reference: Photographs and photomontagesPhotographs | Not published | View |
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| File Size: 2520576, HREF: , Reference: Photographs and photomontagesPhotographs | Not published | View |
| File Size: 266625, HREF: , Reference: Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form | Not published | View |
| Attachment to Email: email_msg_37947.pdfDecision Notice | 11 Sept 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Attachment to Email: email_msg_37947.pdfPlanning conditions
- T12 (TPO ref:186) - Oak - Reduce lowest over extended limb on western side by 2 to 3 metres to an appropriate growth point (existing length of limb 8/9 metres) to reduce end weighting and to maintain clearance from property. Remove split section of branch back to appropriate growth point. Prune lowest secondary branches (crown lift) to achieve 2.5 metres clearance from ground level. G1 (TPO ref:186 ) - Ash tree located adjacently to site entrance - Reduce over extended lower limb to growth point (approx 2 to 3 metres from main stem).
