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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Fairhurst Hall Chorley Road Hilldale Wigan Lancashire WN8 7AN
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T1 - Corsican Pine - Crown growing predominantly over farmers field and over a telecommunications line with some rubbing and potential for damage during snap out. Request to crown lift on field side to 6m to free telecom line, crown thin 20% to relieve some weight and balance the crown overall.T2 - Corsican Pine - Tree has a limb growing laterally into farmers field and rubbing on telecom lines. Request crown lift and thin to remove rubbing parts of the limb.T3 - Hawthorn - Small Hawthorn tree growing into telecom wire, request pruning to give 2m clearance from wire.T4 - Mature co domianant ivy clad specimen with advanced Ash dieback disease. Request to fell tree on safety grounds and leave a habitat post approx 4m high.T6 - CO dominant ivy clad Ash tree with advanced dieback, this tree has grown over the lodge and poses significant risk, request to fell to ground.
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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
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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