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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Newtown Farm Cottage Whitworth Road Spennymoor DL16 7QS
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Newtown Farm Cottage Whitworth Road Spennymoor DL16 7QS
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View council mapVariation of Condition Numbers 2 (approved plans), 11 (arboricultural impact assessment), 14 (parking layout), 15 (plot 5 garage), 16 (bird/bat boxes), 18 (landscape strategy) 20 (ecological impact assessment) and 21 (Drainage Strategy), discharge of conditions 3 (archaeology), 4 (land contamination), 5 (Biodiversity Management and Monitoring Plan) and 6 (coal mining) of planning permission DM/23/00311/FPA for conversion of farm cottage and 4 no. new dwellings (Amended Description)
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| DELEGATED REPORTDelegated Report · PDF | 11 Mar 2025 | View |
| APPROVAL VOCDecision · PDF | 11 Mar 2025 | View |
| LANDSCAPE STRATEGYAmended Drawing · PDF | 3 Mar 2025 | View |
| SOFTWORKS DETAIL - SHEET 1Amended Drawing · PDF | 3 Mar 2025 | View |
| SOFTWORKS DETAIL - SHEET 2Amended Drawing · PDF | 3 Mar 2025 | View |
| SOFTWORKS DETAIL SHEET 2Superseded · PDF | 21 Feb 2025 | View |
| SOFTWORKS DETAIL - SHEET 1Superseded · PDF | 9 Jan 2025 | View |
| SOFTWORKS DETAIL - SHEET 2Superseded · PDF | 9 Jan 2025 | View |
| ARCHAEOLOGYConsultee Comment | 9 Dec 2024 | View |
| MINING REMEDIATION AUTHORITYConsultee Comment · PDF | 2 Dec 2024 | View |
| ARCHAEOLOGYConsultee Comment | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF | 27 Nov 2024 | View |
| EMAIL WITH ATTACHMENTS (ARCHAEOLOGY)Correspondence · PDF | 26 Nov 2024 | View |
| WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION FOR HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDINGSupporting Information · PDF | 26 Nov 2024 | View |
| GROUND GAS RISK ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 26 Nov 2024 | View |
| REMEDIATION STATEMENT REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 26 Nov 2024 | View |
| PHASE 2: SITE INVESTIGATION REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 26 Nov 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED DRAINAGE LAYOUTDrawing · PDF | 25 Nov 2024 | View |
| FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGYSupporting Information · PDF | 25 Nov 2024 | View |
| HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLANSupporting Information · PDF | 25 Nov 2024 | View |
| EMAIL (WITH HMMP ATTACHED)Correspondence · PDF | 25 Nov 2024 | View |
| COAL AUTHORITYConsultee Comment · PDF | 13 Nov 2024 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 31 Oct 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED EXTERNAL FINISHES PLANDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED BOUNDARY TREATMENTS PLANDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED PARKING LAYOUTDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PLOT 2 GARAGE PLANS AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| HISTORIC BUILDING SURVEY REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PHASE 2 SITE INVESTIGATION REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| LANDSCAPE STRATEGYSuperseded · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT - VOC PLOT 2Drawing · PDF | 28 Oct 2024 | 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.