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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Hertfordshire Constabulary Stanborough Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 6XF
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T1. Ash - Behind the substation adjacent to the waste tyre store. Cut back the overhang by 4-5 metres, cutting to viable growth, and remove any deadwood G1. Mixed Trees - Cut back the overhanging Ash Trees to the fence line and remove the self-set Ash. Cut the Hawthorns adjacent to fence height and cut back the Ivy. T2. Oak - Lift the lower branches giving 3 metres clearance off the ground. Cut back the overhanging branches touching the building by 4-5 metres.
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| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (253 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: PhotographScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 08.00.15.pdf (100 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: PhotographScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 07.59.36.pdf (90 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: PhotographScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 07.58.50.pdf (83 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: PhotographScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 07.58.00.pdf (106 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: PhotographScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 07.57.00.pdf (108 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree locationScreenshot 2024-10-04 at 07.55.59.pdf (345 kb) | Not published | View |
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