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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Manor Barn, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
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Manor Barn, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
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T2 & T3 are 2 young Oak trees, aim to promote overall tree health and create well spaced and evenly distributed branches after trimming crossing and over crowded branches, (T2 - currently has a height of 7.5m - to be reduced in height by max 2m to 5.5m and laterally reducing max 2m from 7m to 5m). (T3 - currently has a height of 9m and lateral spread of 8m - to be reduced in height by max 2m and laterally from from 8m to 6m). T1 is one evergreen Oak, aim to shape gently maintaining its natural shape, pruning out dead and leggy branches to enable overall health. (It will reduce in height by 1m after trimming 'up shoots', and laterally reduce by 0.75m. The tree has a dense shape which remain as no thinning is planned. T4 is one Liquid ambar, aim to reshape and reduce by approx 20-25% and maintain trees natural form, removing crossing and crowded branches to improve light penetration, current height of 8m and lateral spread of 4m, plan to reduce height to 6m and spread by 3m, it will be thinned by 15%. T5 is one Indian Bean tree, aim to maintain its natural form and open up canopy slightly to improve air flow, thinned by 15%. T6 is one Prunus, aim is to maintain good health and shape, prune to shape, canopy keeping its natural form. To trim back long leggy branches and to thin out canopy by removing crowded, weak and crossing branches and to open up structure for better sunlight penetration, thin by 20%.
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