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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Caerphilly Magistrates Court Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HG
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Caerphilly Magistrates Court Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HG
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View council mapDischarge Conditions 8 (Japanese Knotweed Method Statement), 9 (Groundwater and Gas Monitoring) and 18 (Trees) of Planning Consent 17/1027/FULL Demolish Caerphilly Magistrates' Court building and re-develop with 38 No. dwellings (comprising 34 No. apartments and a terrace of 4 No. houses), together with associated vehicular and pedestrian accesses, car parking, amenity areas, buggy and bin store, landscaping and ancillary development: site preparation, clearance, treatment, re-profiling and the installation of new services and infrastructure
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| DECISIONDecision · PDF | 29 Aug 2018 | View |
| OFFICER REPORTDelegated Report | 29 Aug 2018 | View |
| TREE PIT CONSTRUCTION DETAILDrawing · PDF | 13 Aug 2018 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| LOCATION PLANOS Extract · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| STONE CLAD ENTRANCE WALLSDrawing · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| TREES IN SOFT LANDSCAPE AREASDrawing · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| LANDSCAPE SPECIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT PLANReport · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| GAS MONITORINGReport · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| DETAILED LANDSCAPE PROPOSALSDrawing · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | View |
| SITE REPORT AND MANAGEMENT PLANReport · PDF | 4 Jul 2018 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.