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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Heathlands Primary School, New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
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Heathlands Primary School, New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
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Not withstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning [General Permitted Development Order] 1995 [or any Order amending, replacing or re-enacting that Order], no gates shall be erected at the vehicular access unless they open inwards from the public highway towards the site and be set back a minimum distance (to be agreed with the County Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development) from the nearside edge of the carriageway
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