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Planning application documents: what to read first
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3 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
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3 Yardley Park Road Tonbridge Kent TN9 1NE
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View council map1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T1 standing at 3 Yardley Park Road) - Remove 3 x branches within the mid canopy back to secondary stems by 4m, Reduce low right hand limb by 2m, Reduce the lower limb by 1.5m back to the remaining canopy, Left hand lowest section - reduce 3 x limbs over the neighbouring property back by 2m to sufficient growth points, Reduce 3 x stems over the beech hedge by 1.5m to keep shape as specified. 1 x Beech (applicants ref. T3 standing at Chiltern Way) - Trim over extended branches over the beech hedge by 1m back to boundary and trim left hand side by 1m to balance shape as specified. 1 x Sycamore (applicants ref. T6 standing at 1, 1a and 1b Yardley Park Road) - Prune back by up to 2m back to boundary line. 1 x Yew (applicants ref. T7 standing at 3 Yardley Park Road) - Trim hard all round by approx 0.2m leaving an aesthetically pleasing shape
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| CORRESPONDENCE WITH AGENTCorrespondence with applicant/agent · PDF | 6 Oct 2026 | View |
| AMENDED SKETCH PLANDrawing · PDF | 6 Oct 2026 | View |
| CORRESPONDENCE WITH AGENTCorrespondence with applicant/agent · PDF | 5 Oct 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 2026 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto · PDF | 1 Oct 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.
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