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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Land To The South Of Highfield Breckon Hill Butterknowle DL13 5QA
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Council sourceErection of 5no. dwellings with associated access (resubmission of DM/22/03737/FPA)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| APPROVAL FPA - BNG REQUIREDDecision · PDF | 22 May 2026 | View |
| SECTION 106 AGREEMENTLegal Agreement · PDF | 19 May 2026 | View |
| ACCESSIBLE AND ADAPTABLE HOMES STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 12 Feb 2026 | View |
| PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISALSupporting Information · PDF | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| EXTERNAL MATERIAL AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT PLANAmended Drawing · PDF | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLANSuperseded · PDF | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLANSupporting Information · PDF | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORTSupporting Information · PDF | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| BNG METRICAmended Drawing | 24 Nov 2025 | View |
| WAXCAP TECHNICAL NOTESupporting Information · PDF | 7 Nov 2025 | View |
| CGI IMAGERYSupporting Information · PDF | 5 Nov 2025 | View |
| DESIGN AND CONSERVATIONConsultee Comment · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| 3 BRECKON HILLPublic Comment · PDF | 7 Oct 2025 | View |
| 3 BRECKON HILLPublic Comment · PDF | 7 Oct 2025 | View |
| ECOLOGYConsultee Comment | 29 Sept 2025 | View |
| POLICY COMMENTSConsultee Comment | 24 Sept 2025 | View |
| COAL AUTHORITYConsultee Comment · PDF | 24 Sept 2025 | View |
| HIGHFIELD, BRECKON HILL, BUTTERKNOWLE, BISHOP AUCKLAND DL13 5QA-NEUTRAL-MR ROBERPublic Comment · PDF | 23 Sept 2025 | View |
| SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF | 17 Sept 2025 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 5 Sept 2025 | View |
| HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLANSuperseded · PDF | 22 Aug 2025 | View |
| STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOLSuperseded | 22 Aug 2025 | View |
| BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORTSuperseded · PDF | 22 Aug 2025 | View |
| PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISALSuperseded · PDF | 22 Aug 2025 | View |
| PLANNING SUPPORT STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 20 Aug 2025 | View |
| LOCATION PLAN AND PROPOSED PLANSDrawing · PDF | 20 Aug 2025 | View |
| EXTERNAL MATERIAL AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT PLANSuperseded · PDF | 20 Aug 2025 | View |
| ACCESSIBLE AND ADAPTABLE HOMES STATEMENTSuperseded · PDF | 20 Aug 2025 | View |
| ACCESSIBLE AND ADAPTABLE HOMES STATEMENTSuperseded · PDF | 22 Jul 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL 1Superseded | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL 2Superseded | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISALSuperseded · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISALSuperseded · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| SUPPORTING TRANSPORT STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PHASE I GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PHASE II GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PLANNING SUPPORT STATEMENTSuperseded · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| HOUSETYPE 2 - INTERNAL SPACE STANDARDDrawing · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| DRAINAGE & SECTION 104 LAYOUTDrawing · PDF | 7 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.