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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Coombes Woodland Coombes Lane Barkham
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Council sourceAPPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO(S) 1684/2019 & 1925/2023. T048 Common beech – Remove swings; discourage activity under tree with deadwood hedge; monitor remaining stem regularly, T050 Pedunculate oak – Remove broken branch over footpath, T052 Sweet chestnut – Fell to high stump, T001 Scots pine – Reduce height by 6m retaining trunk as a monolith with short branch stubs for habitat value; top trunk with wooden disk screwed into place if necessary to ensure cavities remain dry, T019 Common beech – Restrict access under canopy by creating physical barriers to prevent pedestrians passing under canopy, T053 Sweet chestnut x3 – Fell to high stumps, T055 European larch – Fell to high stump, T059 Silver birch – Fell to 3m high stumps, T061 Silver birch – Fell and stack, T049 Sweet chestnut – Fell both trees to 6m monolith and retain for habitat value, T060 Sweet chestnut – Reduce dead branches over footpath back to 2m stumps, T051 Common beech – Reduce damaged branch back to 2m stump, T054 Silver birch – Remove broken part of trunk, leaving lower trunk as high monolith for habitat value, G003 Silver birch x3 / Rowan – Fell 4x trees to high stump, T028 Common beech – Remove swing, T030 Sweet chestnut – Remove deadwood over footpath, T056 Silver birch – Fell to ground level, T057 Silver birch / Rowan – Fell to ground level birch stems x2 and damaged Rowan, T058 Sweet chestnut – Fell to ground level.
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| Decision letter - 260960Planning Decision Notice & Officer Report | Not published | View |
| AIAPlanning Statements and Reports | Not published | View |
| Application Form RedactedPlanning Application Form Redacted | Not published | View |
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