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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Chaston Business Centre,112 Oxford Road,Clacton-on-Sea,CO15 3TH
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Council sourceChange of use from commercial warehousing and engineering/metal working plant, to a waste transfer station processing inert commercial waste and non hazardous commercial waste, including internal alterations to existing uses, installation of weighbridge, elevational alterations to building, outdoor storage, new walls and fencing, and the formation of widened vehicular access
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