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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80 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SJ
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80 Handside Lane Welwyn Garden City AL8 6SJ
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Tree crown reduction 2 x Apple tree (T1 and T3), 1 x Cherry tree (T2), 1 x Cherry Plum tree (T4). All to be crown reduced by 40% and branch thinned by 30% maximum
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| Description: Estate Management Consent form RedactedEstateManagementConsentNoPersonalDataForm.pdf (52 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: MapSketch_plan_80.pdf (738 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Location planSite_plan.pdf (190 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620232383EMT.pdf (531 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620232383EMT(1).pdf (18 kb) | Not published | View |
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