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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John Bunyan County Inants School,Lancaster Way,Braintree,CM7 5UL
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John Bunyan County Inants School,Lancaster Way,Braintree,CM7 5UL
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Continuation of development of a new single storey development to provide a new children’s centre having crèche, drop-in, consulting and training facilities along with outreach for 40 child places. Formation of new car parking and external play space (approved under planning permission CC/BTE/10/07) without compliance with condition 2 (planning application details) to create an additional 8 parking spaces.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| Delegated ReportDelegated Report | 13 Dec 2013 | View |
| Site summarySite summary | 15 Oct 2015 | View |
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