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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Thorpe Hall School Wakering Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 3RD
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Thorpe Hall School Wakering Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 3RD
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View council mapFell T1 (TPO T19) Fraxinus (Ash) on front boundary to ground level and grind out stump to 250mm below ground level, fell T5 (TPO T14) Aesculus Hippocastanum (Common Horse Chestnut) to ground level and grind out stump to 250mm below ground level, fell T9 (part of G6) Quercus Cerris (Turkey Oak) to low stump, fell T26 (TPO part of G4) Quercus Ilex (Holm Oak) to leave a 2 m high stump and fell T47 (TPO - part of G5) Tilia Europea (Common Lime) to near ground level and remove all arisings (Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order)
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.