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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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3 Beechcroft, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LS
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T1 Acacia on frontage - Tree has a low canopy over the footway. Multiple included unions including the main union at approximately 1m above ground level with a subdominant stem leaning towards the property. There is ivy developing on the main stem and a sycamore sapling developing front within the union. Minor deadwood in the canopy. To raise canopy all round to approximately 2.5-3m to improve light ingress and to lift branches away from footpath. To also reduce canopy by 1-1.5m to mitigate against wind loading, maintaining a balanced and flowing crown outline. The spread of the tree would be reduced from 11m east-west to 9m, and from 7m to broadly 6m north-south.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 03122024 134744 No objection to CA worksApplication Form | Not published | View |
| P24S3579TCAApplication Form | Not published | View |
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