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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Essendon Lodge School Lane Essendon Hatfield AL9 6HD
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Sycamore (T1) - remove Flowering cherry (T2) - cut 4 branches (2 cut back 100%, and 2 by approx. 20% and 50% respectively)
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Application form redactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (95 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree sketchTree plan.jpeg (157 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Sycamore 1Sycamore 1.jpg (2266 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Cherry 1Cherry 1.jpg (1418 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Cherry 2Cherry 2.jpg (1519 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice PDFDecision Notice_620211495TC.pdf (23 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620211495TC(1).pdf (15 kb) | Not published | View |
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