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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Finsgate House, 5-7 Cranwood Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LH
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Finsgate House, 5-7 Cranwood Street, Hackney, London, EC1V 9LH
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View council mapConsultation by London Borough of Hackney on a request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended), in respect of the demolition of existing buildings and structures on site, the construction of a 35-storey building containing 22,000sqm of coliving floorspace (sui generis) and a seven-storey building containing 6,000sqm of office floorspace (use class E) (LBH Ref: 2025/1388)
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Officers ReportOfficers Report · PDF | 7 Aug 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION LETTERApplication Form · PDF | 14 Jul 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION EMAILCorrespondence In · PDF | 14 Jul 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.