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.
Council planning record
Roger Ascham Library Depot, Ascham Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2BD
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Non-material amendment comprising alterations to the photographic area, alterations to the fenestration and entrance canopy including internal railings, relocation of proposed cycle parking within the car park, alterations to internal layout to ceremony waiting room and ceremony room, alterations to position of internal partitions and doors, as approved under planning application CCC/20/020/FMW (Alterations to entrance including new doors window and canopy, erection of a single storey rear extension, path, additional car parking spaces and internal remodelling works to allow the change of use from library storage depot and office to a Register Office for the registration of births, deaths and still-births, dealing with legal preliminaries for ceremonies; conducting ceremonies and associated functions).
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ELEVATION PROPOSED (J4523-YMD-01-ZZ-DR-A-3100 REVP6)Application submission | 14 Oct 2021 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 (J4523-YMD-01-GF-DR-A-2201 REVP5)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1 (J4523-YMD-01-GF-DR-A-2011 REVP4)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM REDACTEDApplication submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| SUPERSEDED - ELEVATION PROPOSED (J4523-YMD-01-ZZ-DR-A-3100 REVP2)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| SITE PLAN PROPOSED (J4523-YMD-00-ZZ-DR-A-0102 REVP8)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PLAN 2 (J4523-YMD-01-GF-DR-A-2202 REVP7)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| DETAILS SECTION 2 (J4523-YMD-01-ZZ-DR-A-5102 REVP2)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| DETAILS SECTION 3 (J4523-YMD-01-ZZ-DR-A-5103 REVP2)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| DETAILS SECTION 1 (J4523-YMD-01-ZZ-DR-A-5101 REVP1)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN 2 (J4523-YMD-01-02-DR-A-2012 REVP3)Application submission | 20 May 2021 | View |
| FROM CCC TRANSPORTConsultee comment | 24 Aug 2021 | View |
| FROM HIGHWAYS DMConsultee comment | 9 Aug 2021 | View |
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