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 sourceT537 (Applicant's ref.)-Japanese Cherry: - Fell to ground Level. Reasons for work: Extensive Basal decay.T747 (Applicant's ref.)- Ash: - Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Heavily declined ash trees within shelterbelt. Ash trees within ash health class 3-4 and with significant likelihood of failure onto third party property.T764g (Applicant's ref.)- Ash:- Fell to ground level.Reasons for work: Trees with advanced Ash Dieback disease symptoms (health class 3-4). Within falling distance of third party property.T765 (Applicant's ref.)- Ash: - Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Tree with advanced Ash Dieback disease symptoms (health class 3-4). Within falling distance of third party property. Basal fungal bracket likely Ganoderma adspersum.T775 (Applicant's ref.)- Common Box:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead tree leaning over high use public footpath.T777 (Applicant's ref.)- Elm:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Dead tree within falling distance of high use public highway.T782 (Applicant's ref.)- Common Holly:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Heavily declining tree within falling distance of lawn area.T1350 (Applicant's ref.)- Weeping Willow:- Fell to ground level. Reasons for work: Advanced stem decay pairing with recent trenching works at base.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Delegated ReportOther · PDF | 29 Feb 2024 | View |
| Decision NoticeOther · PDF | 29 Feb 2024 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataOther · PDF | 25 Jan 2024 | View |
| Location of treesOther · PDF | 25 Jan 2024 | View |
| Location of treesOther · PDF | 25 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.