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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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Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
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Dr Jenners House Museum And Garden The Chantry Church Lane Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BN
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View council mapYew(T1)-crown lift branches over/near the temple up to 7-8m above ground-remove branches affecting Temple roof back to the main stem or reduce by between 50-75%,cut back major limb at a height of 6.5m above ground to approx 2m from the main stem. Yew(T2)-crown lift branches over/near Temple up to 7m above ground,cut back branches over 1-2" diameter to within 0.5-0.75m of main trunk to suitable growth points;remove 3 larger limbs,1 at 5.5-6m,1 at 6.5-7.5m and 1 at 4m;the lowest limb at 2-2.5m above ground,cut back to within 1-1.25m of the main trunk. Pine(T3), Ash(T4) -Remove. Wild Cherry(T5) -crown lift to 4-4.5m above ground-remove 2 opposing branches at 4-4.5m above ground back to main stem; remove low limb over Temple roof at 3.25m above ground back to main trunk,reduce branches at 6-6.5m above ground level and dropping towards Temple roof by 50% to suitable new growth points. Holly(T6) - approx 8m with a radial spread of 4m;reduce by 50% to leave a height of 3.5-4.0m with radial spread of 1.75-2.0m.Bay (T7)-8m high with radial spread of 6m,reduce by 50% to leave a height of 4m max & balance the radial spread,leaving a finished radial spread of 2-3m to balance.Yew(T8)-crown lift to 3m over the road and boundary wall,crown thin by 30-40%,removing/reducing the longest branches to reduce canopy by 1-1.5m laterally.Birch(T9)-Remove the single major low limb over the road.Yew(T10 and 11)-Remove. Holly(T12)-crown lift to 3m over road & boundary wall.Reduce largest,lowest branch,growing directly towards the road by 3m;reduce further branches over road by 0.5-2.0m to blend into the rest of canopy.Yew(T13)-Remove the largest limb over road & closest to the boundary wall,to crown lift to approx 3m over road,reduce the largest central leader back to 4m above the ground at the natural growth point to balance. Yew(T14)-Crown lift over road to approx 3m;crown thin by 50% near to streetlight to reduce the spread over the road by approx 2-3m & blend into the rest of tree canopy.
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| CONSENT - TREES IN CONSERVATION AREADecision · PDF | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| OFFICER REPORT FOR WEBSITE (NEW STYLE)Decision · PDF | 19 Mar 2026 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 18 Mar 2026 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
| SKETCH PLANDrawing · PDF | 18 Feb 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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