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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48 Elmwood Welwyn Garden City AL8 6LE
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Council sourceReduce crown 3x Cherry plum trees to 25' (T3) 18' (T6) and 20' (T8) Reduce crown 3x Sycamore tree to 18' (T4, T5 and T7) Reduce 1x Cherry tree to 16' (T9) Reshape 1x Willow tree (T10) Fell 1x Sycamore tree (T2)
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Estate Management Consent form - redactedEstateManagementConsentNoPersonalDataForm.pdf (38 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Sketchtreesketch.pdf (1757 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice PDFDecision Notice_620200100EM.pdf (527 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Sketchtrees.pdf (2091 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Sketchtrees(1).pdf (2095 kb) | Not published | View |
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