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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160 Howlands Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RG
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160 Howlands Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RG
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Reduce 1 X Maple by 1.5m height and 2m width
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| Description: Estate Management Consent formEstateManagementConsentNoPersonalDataForm.pdf (50 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Location Pland674c75a-c704-4464-8e61-ebad74ccfce2.pdf (408 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Sketchsketch plan 160 Howlands.pdf (155 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice pdfDecision Notice_620203041EMT.pdf (527 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620203041EMT(1).pdf (0 kb) | Not published | View |
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