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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East Malling Research Station New Road East Malling West Malling Kent
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Council sourceT752 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stems within falling distance of garden to north. Standing in Woodland W3 of Tree Preservation Order 88/10084/TPO (small area of coppice woodland to the rear and south of 34, 36, 38 and 38A Bradbourne Lane).T812 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stem over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T813 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead stem over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood). T814 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground Level. Reasons for work: Dead stems over 150mm diameter over footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T815 (Applicant's ref.)- Common Ash:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Advanced ash dieback symptoms. Dead/heavily declining stems over 150mm diameter over low use footpath. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T824 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Multi stem tree. Stem heavily declined from upper crown. Large diameter and over low use footpath. Cause of dieback not known (possibly P. ramorum) Tree unlikely to recover. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T825 (Applicant's ref.)- Sweet Chestnut:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Stem heavily declined from upper crown. Large diameter stems within falling distance of low use footpath. Cause of dieback not known.(possibly P. ramorum) Tree unlikely to recover. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order 80/10069/TPO (Deadman Wood).T847 (Applicant's ref.)- Atlas Cedar:- Fell to 8m monolith. Reasons for work: Dead tree within falling distance footpath to west. Stand
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| Delegated ReportOther · PDF | 5 Jun 2024 | View |
| Decision NoticeOther · PDF | 5 Jun 2024 | View |
| PC RepresentationConsultee Response · PDF | 14 Feb 2024 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataOther · PDF | 19 Jan 2024 | View |
| Location of treesOther · PDF | 19 Jan 2024 | View |
| Location of treesOther · PDF | 19 Jan 2024 | 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.