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
The tree is a silver birch tree. Its location is shown in the plan attached. It is growing approximately 1m away from an overhead live electricity line which supplies mains electricity to my house (see photo). Every year the electricity company has to cut away all the growth on the western side of the tree, where it threatens to touch the power line. As a result, the tree has grown in a distorted way, with its canopy on one side only and with the weight of that canopy forcing the tree to lean to the east. I wish to remove the tree and plant a new silver birch which will be multi-stemmed (hence not growing as tall), approximately 2 meters to the east of where the current one stands. "Remove" means cut down and remove the stump by excavation.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/S0495/TCA
- Agent
- Mr Dominic Pellew
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 06032026 121929 No objection to CA worksApplication Form | Not published | View |
| P26-S0495-TCAApplication Form | Not published | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision & conditions
Planning conditions
Conditions aren’t listed here. Read the council decision notice for the full decision and conditions.
