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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St Marys Church Church Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
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St Marys Church Church Lane Witney Oxfordshire OX28 3LA
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View council mapG1 Mixed- Holly, western red cedar, laurel, cherry and yews - Crown lift all trees to 2.5 metres from ground levelRemove dead ivy from western red cedar and remove sections of major deadwood and old pruning stubs. laurel - Fell to ground level and remove from siteT1 Yew - Fell in sections to ground level and remove from site.G2 Mixed - Holly, lawson cypress and yew - Crown lift all large trees to 2.5 metres to open up visual splay through church yard. Conifer - Fell to ground levelYew - fell to ground levelG3 Mixed - Cherry, poplar, western red cedar, elm, holly and yew - Crown lift all trees to 2.5 metres. Elm tree- fell to ground level. Remove dead wood out of young poplar, birch and from the lower crown of holly.
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| TCA RAISE NO OBJECTIONDecision Notice · PDF | 21 Nov 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
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| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 29 Oct 2025 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 28 Oct 2025 | View |
| TREE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.