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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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DOUGLAS HOUSE, BONGATE, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6HW
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Group 1 of TPO; Lime tree T1: Reduce crown height of tree by 3-4m and the crown radius by 1-2m, with a maximum branch wound diameter of 100mm and removal of dead branches greater than 25mm diameter; To reduce the risk of branches failing and causing farm or damage; Lime tree T2: Reduce the crown height of tree by 4-5m and the crown radius by 2-3m, with a maximum branch wound diameter of 200mm to reduce the risk of branches failing and causing harm or damage to the adjacent house; Horse Chestnut T3: Fell tree due to its declining health to improve the likelihood of failure; Sycamore T4: Fell tree due to its proximity to the house and its overbearing nature, and because of the concern it causes; T1 of TPO - Wellingtonia (T5 on tree work application): Reduce the height of tree by 6-8m to reduce the unbalanced, oppressive nature of the crown; Tree Preservation Order No 66, 1995, Bongate Hall, Appleby.
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