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, Colchester
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Council sourceEIA SCREENING OPINION – Proposed construction of a second agricultural reservoir involving the extraction and exportation of sand and gravel and soils; the erection and use of an on-site processing plant; and other ancillary development/works (including changes to the extant planning permission for the first reservoir)
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