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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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55 Warren Way Digswell Welwyn AL6 0DL
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Council source1. Crown Reduction: Appox. 35-foot-tall Silver Birch (Betula Pendula) growing to the right of the garden is to undergo a sympathetic Crown Reduction of 30% (9-11 feet / 3-4 meters) due to being overgrown with large limbs overhanging into the garden close to ground level 2. Crown Reduction: Approx. 35-foot-tall Walnut (Juglans Regia) tree growing at the very bottom of the garden is to undergo a sympathetic Crown Reduction of up to 30% (10-12 feet / 3-4 meters) due to becoming too large and out of shape 3. Removal: Fire damaged and unsafe 30-feet-tall multi-stemmed Field Maple (Acer Campestre) at the bottom left of the garden is to be removed to remove the risk of harm to persons or property.
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| Document | Published | Action |
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| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (226 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree SketchSketch Plan of tree locations.jpg (2934 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Tree SketchSketch Plan of tree locations zoomed in.jpeg (2471 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comment - Welwyn Parish CouncilComments.pdf (78 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620251669TPO.pdf (676 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620251669TPO(1).pdf (125 kb) | Not published | View |
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