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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Lord Mead House Lord Mead Lane Welwyn AL6 9BW
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T1 - Common walnut - reduce lateral branches above the garage roof by 1.5m in length. Prune off the lowest sub-lateral branches (those no more than 30 mm in diameter) and reduce the extremities of the lateral branches in this region by 1-1.5m up to 7m above ground level. Prune out major deadwood more than 300mm in length and 20mm in diameter. T2 - Apple - remove T3 - Damson plum - prune lateral branches to clear outbuilding roof by 1.5m minimum, reduce northeastern side of crown spread by 1m G1 - Field maple x 3 - remove the first lateral branch of the easternmost stem. Thin remainder of crown of this stem only by 20%.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Application form redactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (95 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree sketchMaynard Lord Mead House Ayot St Lawrence Welwyn AL6 9BW 10669_16.pdf (61 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice PDFDecision Notice_620211049TC.pdf (33 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Delegated ReportDelegated Report_620211049TC(1).pdf (17 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Arboricultural Impact Assessment with Regard to Safety Liabilities and Potential Insurance Issues redactedMaynard Lord Mead House Ayot St Lawrence Welwyn AL6 9BW 10669(1).pdf (2789 kb) | Not published | View |
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