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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7 Handside Green Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SQ
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Council sourceReduce 7 Lime trees by 25% plus removing major deadwood over 50mm and sever Ivy at 6 foot
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Location PlanSketch Plan, May 2017(1).jpg (360 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description:7 Handside Green.docx Plotted Map, May 2017.docx (1574 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice PDFDecision Notice_620171171EM(1).pdf (22 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620171171EM(2).pdf (21 kb) | Not published | View |
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