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.
Application overview
3x Silver Birches. T1 - tip prune branches to blend crowns together T2 - reduce silver birch from 15m to 12m and reshape. T3 -reduce from 13m to 12m and reshape
Proposal details
- Reference
- 26/00816/TNCA
- Alternative references
- PP-14896578
- Ward
- East Malling West Malling And Offham
- Parish
- East Malling And Larkfield
- Agent
- NPC Tree Surgery
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 5 Jun 2026 | View |
| OFFICER DELEGATED REPORTDecision · PDF | 5 Jun 2026 | View |
| EM&L PARISH COUNCILConsultee Response · PDF | 13 May 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| LOCATION OF TREESSite Location Plan · PDF | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Determination Deadline
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourcePermission Expiry Date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
DECISION NOTICE OFFICER DELEGATED REPORTPlanning conditions
Conditions aren’t listed here. Read the council decision notice for the full decision and conditions.
