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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Land at Higham Common Road, Higham, Barnsley
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Council sourceDetails of condition 3 (CMS), 4 (HCS), 5 (scheme for the implementation of a Traffic Regulation Order), 6 (phasing plan and arrangements), 7 (details shall include for the installation/continuation of a 3m wide shared user footway/cycleway along the southern side of the north west (Higham Common Road) arm), 8 (full detailed highway engineering, drainage, streetlighting and signing / lining details), 9 ( Biodiversity enhancement) , 10 (coal mining legacy features), 11 (archaeological investigation), 12 (soft landscaping works) , 13 (measures to protect the public water supply infrastructure) and 15 (foul and surface water drainage) of planning permission 2020/0028 - Highways works comprising construction of new roundabout to create a road link into MU1 Local Plan allocation site and associated earthworks, alterations to existing road alignment, provision of associated footpaths, combined cycle/footpath and verges (Additional Documentation)
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