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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Wentworth Woodhouse, Cortworth Lane, Wentworth, Rotherham
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Council sourceChange of use of the estate from a private residence to use class Sui Generis, opening to the public for house guided and non-guided tours, garden visits, weddings, events, education workshops, ancillary café within the mansion house & location filming. Change of use of Camellia House to a café and event space (use class E) and associated facilities and services including changing place pod, bin store, 4 No. disabled car parking spaces & new landscape setting to Camellia House. Demolition of teaching accommodation and provision of a new car park to the North West of the stable block to serve the estate together with temporary coach parking on former tennis court to the East of the main house at Wentworth Woodhouse Cortworth Lane Wentworth (Adjoining Authority Consultation)
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