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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OLD COTTAGE, KATES LANE, ALSTON, CA9 3QJ
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T1 - Overgrown hedge row (reduce) Ash, Sycamore to height of rest of hedge T2 - Cluster of Ash saplings growing on boundary wall (remove) T3 - Remove Ash T4 - Cluster of Ash and 1 Beech on boundary wall (remove) T5 - Sycamore (remove) T6 - Ash to (Pollard) T7 - Ash (remove) T8 - Ash (remove)
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