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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Lufkins Farm, Great Bentley Road, Frating, CO7 7HN
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Lufkins Farm, Great Bentley Road, Frating, CO7 7HN
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Details pursuant to condition 40 (river level gauge installation) of planning permission ref: ESS/101/21/TEN (Construction of an agricultural reservoir involving the extraction and exportation of sand and gravel; and the erection and use of an on-site processing plant with ancillary facilities. Together with the use of the access, on Great Bentley Road, currently only permitted for a temporary period as part of planning application ref: ESS/40/15/TEN and changes to the timescale of the proposed phasing and restoration of the existing reservoir as permitted as part of planning application ref: ESS/99/21/TEN)
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| ReportReport | 26 Jun 2024 | View |
| Decision LetterDecision Letter | 26 Jun 2024 | View |
| Covering LetterCovering Letter | 8 Apr 2024 | View |
| Completed Application FormCompleted Application Form | 8 Apr 2024 | View |
| Discharge StatementDischarge Statement | 8 Apr 2024 | View |
| Position and Photograph of Installed Gauge (condition 40)Position and Photograph of Installed Gauge (condition 40) | 8 Apr 2024 | View |
| EA ChecklistEA Checklist | 11 Apr 2024 | View |
| Screening OpinionScreening Opinion | 11 Apr 2024 | View |
| Tendring District CouncilTendring District Council | 30 Apr 2024 | View |
| EA responseEA response | 18 Jun 2024 | View |
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