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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University College Durham Castle Palace Green Durham DH1 3RW
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| APPROVAL LBDecision · PDF | 8 Jan 2026 | View |
| FAST TRACKDelegated Report · PDF | 8 Jan 2026 | View |
| THE CITY OF DURHAM TRUSTPublic Comment · PDF | 16 Dec 2025 | View |
| SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF | 4 Dec 2025 | View |
| HISTORIC ENGLANDConsultee Comment · PDF | 2 Dec 2025 | View |
| PRESS NOTICEPress Notice · PDF | 20 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 9Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 10Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 1Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 2Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 3Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 4Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 5Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 6Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 7Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PHOTO 8Photo | 14 Nov 2025 | View |
| PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| HERITAGE, DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM REDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| LOCATION PLANOS Extract · PDF | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| EXISTING FLOOR PLAN - THIRD FLOORDrawing · PDF | 21 Oct 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.