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.
Application overview
T1: The large 42-foot-tall (approx.) Common Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) tree growing next to and over the front drive to undergo a crown reduction by 30% (12.6 feet / 3.8 meters) along with a cut back of the limbs from over the drive to allow more light onto the garden and drive below. An Ivy ring will be cut from around the trunk. The limbs on the neighbours' side to be cut back towards the boundary, to leave the tree balanced. T2: The 40-foot-tall (approx.) Field Maple (Acer Campestre) tree growing over the front drive to undergo a crown reduction by 30% (12 feet / 3.6 meters) along with a cut back of the limbs from over the front drive. An Ivy ring will be cut from around the trunk. T3: Option: The younger 22-feet-tall (approx.) Common Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) tree growing nearer the front of the drive to be safely and systematically dismantled down to a low sump to allow more room for the Maple tree growing next to it.
Proposal details
- Reference
- 6/2024/1827/TC
- Agent
- Mrs Denise Southam
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33 Applecroft Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6JZ
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Documents 9 of 9
| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (240 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree sketchSketch.jpg (3657 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: T1 Ash (2)T1 Ash (2).jpg (4858 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: T1 Ash Neighbours SideT1 Ash - Neighbours side.jpg (4816 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: T2 Field MapleT2 Field Maple.jpg (5865 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: T3 AshT3 Ash.jpg (5312 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620241827TC.pdf (657 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620241827TC(1).pdf (62 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Description Of WorksDescription of works.pdf (51 kb) | Not published | View |
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Decision & conditions
Description: Decision NoticePlanning conditions
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