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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Digswell Place South Lodge Rectory Road Welwyn Garden City AL8 7SU
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Council sourceT1 - 1 x Sweet Chestnut to remove. Heavy decay around base. Leaning form G1 - Holly and Elm to remove to ground level. Elms are now declining, Hollies are becoming invasive and preventing ground regeneration of natural woodland species G2 - Ash saplings to remove to ground level. Group of self set leaning trees G3 - Holly, Sycamore and Laurel to remove to ground level. Dense, invasive trees preventing light to the garden and regeneration of native woodland species. T2 - Oak to reduce lateral branches over garden area by around 2m. To allow more light into rear of the garden and shorten overlong branches. T3 - Oak to reduce upper canopy lateral branches by around 1.5m to balance canopy shape and allow more light into the rear of the garden T4 - Oak to reduce lateral branches over shrub bed area, to allow more natural light to smaller trees and shrubs below T5 - Cherry to reduce by 1.5m height and width. To retain suitable size tree for location TPO 194
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| Description: ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted.pdf (242 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Location Planb812c120-3a54-4e95-960a-67830077c808.pdf (274 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Sketch PlanSketch Plan - South Lodge.pdf (227 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs G2G2.jpg (2177 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs G2aG2a.jpg (2101 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs G3G3.jpg (2360 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs T1T1.jpg (1963 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs T2T2.jpg (2146 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographs T3T3.jpg (2197 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision NoticeDecision Notice_620251709TPO.pdf (676 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Officer ReportDelegated Report_620251709TPO(2).pdf (131 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Screenshot MapScreenshot 2025-08-04 at 18.22.33.png (585 kb) | Not published | View |
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