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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Plum Tree Cottage Vicarage Lane Priors Marston Southam CV47 7RT
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Council source-E1 elder - 11.5m H x 4.4m W - Reduce to 3.6m Height x 2m Width. -H1 hawthorn - 11.5m H x 7.6m W - Reduce to 3.6m Height x 3m Width. -H2 hawthorn - 12.2m H x 7.6m W - Reduce to 3.6m Height x 3m Width. -H3 hawthorn - 17m H x 16m W - Reduce to 1.5m H x 1m W -H4 hawthorn - 17m H x 12m W - Reduce to 1.5m H x 1m W -A1 Large ash -27.7m H x 24.4m W - Reduce to 14m H x 12m W. Canopy is spreading across public pathway and neighbours garden. -M1 maple 22.3m H x 21.5m W - Reduce to 11m H x 10m W -A2 & A3 2no. ash trees with shared canopy 22.5m H x 21.5m W - Reduce to 11m H x 10m W -A12 Group of 11no. ash trees and 1no. elm. - 5no. heavily leaning ash trees to be dismantled to ground level. -Ash 27.4m H x 15.2m W - Heavy leaner - fell tree. -Ash 27.4m H x 15.2m W - Heavy leaner - fell tree. -Ash 6.4m H x 7.6m W - Reduce to 3.2m Height x 3.8m Width. -Elm 23.2m H x 6.1m W - Reduce to 11.6m Height x 3m Width. -Ash twin stem 27.4m H x 27.4m W - Reduce to 14m Height x 14m Width. -Ash 11.5m H x 10.7m W - Heavy leaner - fell tree. -Ash 11.5m H x 10.7m W - Heavy leaner - fell tree. -Ash x 3no. stems - 20.1m H x 19.5m W - Reduce two stems to 10m Height x 9.5m Width, 3rd stem, a heavy leaner to be removed. -Ash 25.9m H x 12.8m W - Reduce to 13m Height x 6.5m Width. -S1 Swedish whitebeam -22.8m H x 12.8m W - Leaning and ivy covered. Dismantle to ground level. All trees are either bordering, overhanging or very close to the public pathway.
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