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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Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
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The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with substation compound, cable trench, inverters, transformer station, internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure on the agricultural fields to the south of A368 and west of A39. At the end of decommissioning, the temporary permissive footpath would be removed.
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