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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6 Handside Green, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6SQ
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Clean to remove all dead, diseased and broken branches 2cm in diameter and larger throughout crown to improve health and appearance and reduce risk of branch failure. Thin crown to remove approximately 20% of live branches to improve light and air penetration through crown. Most thinning cuts will be between 1cm and 3cm's in diameter. Reduce crown spread by approximately 0.5m to 1m's to enhance natural form
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| Description:2014-0832.pdf (14 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 825994 Page No(s).: 1,2)01400148.pdf (95 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 825997 Page No(s).: 1,2)01400153.pdf (50 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 825995 Page No(s).: 1,2)01400150.pdf (58 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 825996 Page No(s).: 1)01400151.pdf (35 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 819257 Page No(s).: 1)Miscellaneous.PDF (12 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Miscellaneous (DMS Info Document: 819257 Page No(s).: 1)Miscellaneous.PDF (12 kb) | Not published | View |
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