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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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Cookes West Wood Alum Waters New Brancepeth DH7 7JP
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Council sourceUse of the site as a composite use for the purposes of agriculture, forestry, and land-based operations; a vegetable box scheme, craft and education courses, together with the construction and residential occupation of dwellings (use class C3) and other residential structures available to, and occupied by, persons by reason of and for so long as they are engaged in that use together with their families; such structures being identified on the annexed plan and schedule and marked thereon in green comprising: Houses 1, 2 and 3, the Yurt, the Well, and the Geodome, together with the use of further structures, identified on the annexed plan and schedule and marked thereon in yellow comprising: the Tunnel, the two Caravans, the Field Shelter, the Hen House, the Compost Toilet, the two Timber Stores, the Tool Shed, and the Summerhouse, being either incidental or ancillary to the said use where stated and including the accommodation on a transient basis of volunteers and visitors engaged in or assisting with that use, but excluding any use of the structures numbered [014] Tool Shed and [015] Summerhouse otherwise than as operational development by s171B(1), such composite use, taken as a whole, not falling within any use class specified in the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) and being accordingly a sui generis use and Operational Development: The erection of the operational development identified in the Buildings Schedule hereto and marked thereon [1] to [15] at their respective locations on the plan.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| SITE NOTICESite Notice · PDF | 14 Oct 2026 | View |
| NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LISTNeighbour Notification List · PDF | 13 Oct 2026 | View |
| COMPOST TOILETDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 FRONT ELEVATIONDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 ELEVATION BDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| MATTS TOOLSHEDDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| YURTDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 SECOND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 3Drawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HEN HOUSEDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 FIRST FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 1 FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| MATTS TOOLSHED ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| WHITE CARAVAN PLANSDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 REAR ELEVATIONDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 2 SIDE ELEVATION ADrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| TIMBER STORE FOR HOUSE 1Drawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| BUILDINGS SCHEDULE TABULATED AND APPENDICESSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| CHART OVERVIEW BUILDINGS & USE 2003-26Supporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| SITE PLAN TO BUILDING PLOTSDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| CHRONOLOGY COURSES TABULATEDSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| COVER LETTER & GOVERNANCESupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| CHRONOLOGY SCHEDULE AND APPENDICESSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| APPLICANTS STATUTORY DECLARATIONSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| LOCATION PLANOS Extract · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| HOUSE 1 ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| GEODESIC DOMEDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| PLANNING STATEMENTSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| WITNESS STATEMENTSSupporting Information · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Oct 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.