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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
Great Wolf Lodge Oxfordshire Kirtlington Road Chesterton Bicester OX26 1TE
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Council source1. Reduction in height to the two flanks of the main hotel building by 654mm. 2. Reduction in height of the central lobby part of the hotel building by 990mm. 3. End facades pushed out on end/corner guestrooms by 52mm. 4. Six additional guestrooms (from 498 to 504) within the consented envelope of the building. 5. Extension to the flat roof of the waterpark support building (the “bunker”) over the pitched section to form a dormer-like structure. 6. Updates to external window and door positions. 7. Removal of the Substation West (at the northern perimeter of the carpark) and minor alterations to the substations at the southern end of the car park within the landscape. 8. Additional doors on the flat roofs to facilitate safer means of emergency egress. 9. Rationalisation of window heights. 10. Addition of windows to the ballroom to improve natural daylight. 11. Relocation of access / maintenance entrances to provide more discreet, efficient and safer means of access. 12. Minor alterations to rainwater goods location setting out on the building to provide more efficient surface water collection. 13. Removal of the chimney at the ridge of the pitched roof over the lobby (no longer required). 14. Revised ventilation strategy and removal of flue on green roof (proposed as non-material amendments to 21/04158/F)
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| app formApplication Documents | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| Cover LetterApplication Documents | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| Environmental Statement - Statement of ConformityES Documents | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| Proposed Changes Design DocumentSupporting Documents | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| Site Location PlanPlans - Site | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| existing site planPlans - Site | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed site planPlans - Site | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed sitewide sectionsPlans – Details | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed sectionsPlans – Details | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed ancilliary buildingPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay A proposed typical bay study - porte cocherePlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay B proposed typical bay studyPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay C proposed typical bay studyPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay D Typical bay studyPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay E proposed typical bay studyPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay F proposed typical bay study - conference centrePlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| Bay G proposed typical bay study - waterparkPlans – Details | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed roof planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed basement planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF planPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 11Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| Proposed GF plan part 12Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 13Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 1Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 2Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 3Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 4Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 5Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 6Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 7Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 8Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 9Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 10Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 11Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 12Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed roof plan part 13Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 1Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 3Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 4Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 5Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 6Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 7Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 9Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed FF plan part 12Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 1Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 3Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 4Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 5Plans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations-westPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations-eastPlans - Proposed | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 6Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 7Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed SF plan part 9Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 1Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 3Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 4Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 5Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 6Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TF plan part 7Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed TH plan part 9Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed Basement planPlans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 1Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 2Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 3Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 4Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 5Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 6Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 7Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 8Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 9Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed GF plan part 10Plans - Proposed | 8 Mar 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations - North eastPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations - north eastPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations - south westPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations south westPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations north westPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations north westPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations south eastPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| proposed elevations south eastPlans - Proposed | 5 May 2023 | View |
| FINAL Delegated Officer ReportOfficer Report | 2 Jun 2023 | View |
| FINAL Decision NoticeDecision | 2 Jun 2023 | View |
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