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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Topeka, The Street, Willingale, Ongar CM5 0SJ
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Council sourcealterations and extensions to existing detached house with single storey rear extension; removal of pitched roof to the perimeter of the existing single storey back projection which is proposed to have a flat roof; create first floor terrace over single storey extension is to have obscured glazing to sides for privacy and is to be accessed from the rear bedrooms; change to roof of existing loft rooms from hip to gable at first floor level with new gables to front and rear; conversion of the existing double garage to habitable rooms; replacement windows and external doors; change of brickwork to render; change of long narrow outbuilding to side of the house so that the front part is split in two and each part is to have a new monopitch roof abutting the house to be used for ancillary uses.
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Floor Plans, Roof Plan, Site Plan, Location Plan & Site PhotographsPlans · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Topographical SurveySupporting Statement/Documents · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Cover LetterSupporting Statement/Documents · PDF | 20 Sept 2023 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataSupporting Statement/Documents · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Existing & Proposed SectionsPlans · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Proposed Roof Plan, Site Plan & Location PlanPlans · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Existing & Proposed Street Scene & ElevationsPlans · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Proposed Floor PlansPlans · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| Officer report | 6 Nov 2023 | View |
| EFDC-Sustainability-Guidance_for householder application for Topeka 08 23.pdf · PDF | 18 Aug 2023 | View |
| DM Decision Notice.pdf · PDF | 8 Nov 2023 | View |
| Arboricultural Report & Impact AssessmentSupporting Statement/Documents · PDF | 11 Sept 2023 | View |
| JC Tree & Landscape Comments (1)Memo (Consultee Comments) · PDF | 20 Sept 2023 | View |
| Tree Protection PlanPlans · PDF | 11 Sept 2023 | View |
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