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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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St Johns Church Main Street Beckford
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Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea), located on the Rear Boundary - Complete removal by sectional dismantling and industry lowering techniques to ground level with the use of a crane/Mobile Elevated Working Platform. Stump removal by mechanical stump grinding machine to a depth below ground level of 400mm. Reason: The tree is damaging the adjacent boundary wall, and potentially the surrounding infrastructure. Height 20m, Spread 17m, DBH 36cm. The trees location is in close proximity to a grade 1 listed church and listed Grave stone. Branches are encroaching onto the Church. The close proximity of the main stem to the adjacent boundary wall is less than 0.6m. The wall on the neighbours side has been damaged. Concluded unions and scaffold stem attachment at 4m. Multi-stemmed from 4m with heavy scaffold stems and poor attachments to the main stem. Power lines running through the trees canopy.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Applicationformnopersonaldata01. Application Form | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| Purple Beech Photographs03. Photo | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| Site Plan 104. Site/Location Plan | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| Nigel Hastead, Rockland House, Cheltenham Road, Beckford, TEWKESBURY, GL20 7AL08. Response - Neighbour and Other | 3 Sept 2019 | View |
| Nigel Hastead08a. Response - Neighbour and Other Attachment | 3 Sept 2019 | View |
| Decision Notice12. Decision Notice | 18 Oct 2019 | View |
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