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
1: 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 2: 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. 3: 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
- 6/2024/1846/EMT
- Agent
- Denise Southam
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Application form - redactedEM Application Form_Redacted.pdf (108 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree sketchSketch.jpg (3657 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Location PlanSite plan.pdf (458 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree photographphoto 1.pdf (5583 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Photograph 2 redactedPhoto 3_Redacted.pdf (2705 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree Photograph 3photo 4.pdf (4232 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620241846EMT.pdf (5085 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620241846EMT(1).pdf (66 kb) | Not published | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Public Consultation Expiry
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Description: Decision NoticePlanning conditions
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