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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21 St James Road Forfar DD8 1LH
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONSNon Material Variation · PDF | 17 Oct 2025 | View |
| NOTICE OF INITIATION OF DEVELOPMENTDischarge of Conditions · PDF | 5 Mar 2024 | View |
| APPROVEDDecision Notice · PDF | 12 Oct 2023 | View |
| REPORT OF HANDLINGReport · PDF | 11 Oct 2023 | View |
| PROPOSED DORMER COMPARED TO APPROVED DORMERSupporting Information · PDF | 10 Oct 2023 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawing · PDF | 10 Oct 2023 | View |
| EXISTING ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 31 Jul 2023 | View |
| EXISTING FLOOR PLANSDrawing · PDF | 31 Jul 2023 | View |
| A LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 31 Jul 2023 | View |
| APPLICATION PDFApplication Form · PDF | 31 Jul 2023 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.