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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Site Of Former Greaves Hall Hospital Greaves Hall Avenue Banks Lancashire
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Site Of Former Greaves Hall Hospital Greaves Hall Avenue Banks Lancashire
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View council map1 - Hybrid Poplar - Prune to clear lamp pole and / or column. Remove deadwood hangar Reason: Clear nuisance branchesG2 - Elm - Prune to clear lamp, pole and / or column Reason: Potential influence on street lamp2 - Hybrid Poplar - Prune to clear lamp, pole and / or column. Remove growth on stem to first branch. Lift branch tips to 3m over pavement and 5.5m over road Reason: Influence on street lamp No 13 - Hybrid Poplar - Prune to clear building by 2-3m Reason: Branch tips have influence on chimney stack of residential property. Plot 201 adj W44 - Hybrid Poplar - Remove Reason: Leaning towards Plot 2065 - Horse Chestnut - Remove Reason: Poor health with structural defect to the stem. Phytophthora mid to late stage. Linear strips of dead bark from ground level to upper crown with surface decay.7 - Sycamore - Remove Reason: Poor health with structural defect to the stem base. Open cavity with visual decay. Stem leans 40 degrees off vertical towards private property.8 - White Willow - Pollard tree to simple woody structure Reason: Major defect. Open cavity at 2m agl. Suppressed by adjacent tree
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| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 31 Oct 2014 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.