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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St Marys Abbey 52 Swan Street West Malling Kent ME19 6JX
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Council sourceT1 - Hazel - rear boundary - re coppice to finished height of 1m from ground levelT2 - Magnolia - rear right hand boundary - reduce in height and radial spread by no more than 2m and remove ivy from ground level to finished height of 1.5mG1 - Pair of Bramley Apple - within orchard - reduce to previous reduction pints removing 2.5m of growthG2 - Laurel hedge adjoining swan Street - cut back to inside walls edge removing 1.5m of growth only
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Delegated ReportDecision · PDF | 27 Feb 2025 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision · PDF | 27 Feb 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| PhotographPhoto · PDF | 30 Jan 2025 | View |
| Additional informationOther · PDF | 29 Jan 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.