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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6 Scarff Close Welwyn Hertfordshire AL6 0SZ
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Beech trees: T1 and T3 - whole crown reduction to 8m above ground level to provide sufficient clearance to property that would cause severe injury. T2 - tree stump - remaining trunk removal as is assumed dead. No replacement of tree but to grow a natural lawn, and will be planting various species of plants, shrubs, wildflowers etc to encourage wildlife into the garden, which has not been possible before due to suffocation by the sheer volume of droppage of the trees
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (234 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: tree sketch6_Scarff_Close.pdf (893 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comment - Welwyn Parish CouncilComments.pdf (74 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: supporting images_redacted6 Scarff Close Supporting Images_Redacted.pdf (8741 kb) | Not published | View |
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