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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North side of Byway 'Essendon 014' and within Harefield Wood Hatfield AL9 6BA
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Council sourceAll trees to be felled to ground level and all are marked in orange paint T1-3, T5 and T12-13: Ash with advanced (stage 2 & 3) ADB with signifcant base cavities present T14: Large oak with extensive lower stem decay likely casued by fire damage T15 -T17: Ash with advanced (stage 2 & 3) ADB with cavities throughout stem and crown T18: Oak with extensive lower stem decay likely caused by fire damage T19: Ash with extensive lower stem decay likely caused by fire damage T20: Heavily leaning ash with stage 3 ADB All identified tree works are for H&S reasons (Stage 2 and Stage 3 ADB, plus structural decay resulting from fire damage) All arisings to be left on site and used to block unauthorised access by 4x4s and to prevent flytipping and further fire damage to trees. No re-planting proposed as felling is in a woodland setting, with natural regeneration present as well as suppressed intermediates & juvenile trees that will be released into the the upper canopy by proposed works. TPO 619 (2017) W1. TPO3 W10. TPO3 W11
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| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (261 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 1IMG_7735.JPG (166 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 2IMG_7737.JPG (158 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 3IMG_7739.JPG (184 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 4IMG_7741.JPG (183 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 5IMG_7742.JPG (187 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 6IMG_7743.JPG (205 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 7IMG_7744.JPG (180 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 8IMG_7745.JPG (172 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 9IMG_7747.JPG (150 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 10IMG_7749.JPG (189 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 11IMG_7799.JPG (186 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photo 12IMG_7800.JPG (197 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620231865TPO.pdf (534 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620231865TPO(1).pdf (18 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Sketch and MapHarefield Wood TPO Consent Application Map.pdf (1118 kb) | Not published | View |
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