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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Pit 2 St James Pit West Of St James Lane Horns Cross Greenhithe Kent
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Council sourceSubmission of details pursuant to condition 16 relating to Ecological Mitigation Strategy (for the London Road access only) pursuant to planning permission DA/05/00221/OUT for Development comprising or to provide development of up to 870 dwellings and in addition up to 1,200 sq metres of built floorspace (in total) for: business premises (B1(a) (b) and (c)); community and social facilities (D1 and D2) ; provision of a primary school site and supporting retail (A1, A2, A3, A4 and A5). Such development to include; vehicle parking; laying out open space (including open space, parkland, play spaces, pond and water features); landscaping; works to create ecological and natural reserves and refuge areas; provision and/or upgrade of services and related service media and apparatus; drainage works; pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular ways; and miscellaneous ancillary and associated engineering and other operations
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| APPROVED THE DETAILSDecision Notice · PDF | 5 May 2020 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORT SHEETReport · PDF | 4 May 2020 | View |
| REVISED ECOLOGICAL STRATEGYReport · PDF | 30 Apr 2020 | View |
| COV LETTER - DOC CONDITION 16 PART 4 PRELIM WORKSReport · PDF | 13 Feb 2020 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.