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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Bronescombe Smith Hill Bishopsteignton Devon TQ14 9QT
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Bronescombe Smith Hill Bishopsteignton Devon TQ14 9QT
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View council mapG1 - Pittosporum, Purple Plum and Leylandii Conifer. Reduce pittosporum by 40-50%, reduce and shape plum tree by 1-1.5m, and remove all overhang from neighbouring Leylandii back to match lower hedge line.G2 - Cherry, Maple, Walnut & Whitebeam. Remove Cherry to ground level. Reduce Maple by approx 2m. Reduce Walnut by 1.5-2m. Reduce Whitebeam by approx 1m.T1 - Hornbeam - reduce by 2-2.5mT2 - Olive - Fell to ground.T3 - Ash in neighbouring property, framework pollard to reduce ultimate height by approx 50%.T4 - Cedar in neighbouring property, fell to ground.T5 - Field Maple, reduce as much as possible whilst retaining a leaf bearing structure. Ultimate reduction percentage hard to judge until cutting has been started. Aiming for an approx 2m reduction all round.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| CAN ApprovalNotice/Order/Agreement · PDF | 18 Aug 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportInternal Report · PDF | 18 Aug 2026 | View |
| Sketch planDrawing | 9 Jul 2026 | View |
| Parish Email NotificationCorrespondence · PDF | 7 Jul 2026 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataForm · PDF | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Photographs and photomontagesPhotograph | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
| Sketch planDrawing | 4 Jul 2026 | View |
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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.