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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Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT
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Auto Spares Station Yard, Great Bentley Road, Thorrington, CO7 8HT
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Change of use of land to form minor extension of vehicles breakers yard including alterations to crossover, erection of building and construction of new internal road and turning area (resubmission of ESS/60/15/TEN)
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| How the fee was calculatedHow the fee was calculated | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| A summary of the attachments in the proposalA summary of the attachments in the proposal | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Soil and Agricultural Land Classification ReportSoil and Agricultural Land Classification Report | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Highway Assess and Internal Access Road ArrangementHighway Assess and Internal Access Road Arrangement | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Site LayoutSite Layout | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Typical Cross Section of Proposed BundTypical Cross Section of Proposed Bund | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Building Plan and ElevationsBuilding Plan and Elevations | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Landscaping ProposalsLandscaping Proposals | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form | 19 Oct 2016 | View |
| Arboricultural Impact AssessmentArboricultural Impact Assessment | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Acoustic SurveyAcoustic Survey | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Habitat SurveyHabitat Survey | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Flood Risk AssessmentFlood Risk Assessment | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Location PlanLocation Plan | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Design and Access StatementDesign and Access Statement | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Covering LetterCovering Letter | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Site NoticeSite Notice | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Environment Agency ChecklistEnvironment Agency Checklist | 26 Oct 2016 | View |
| Vodafone 27th October 2016 response to consultationVodafone 27th October 2016 response to consultation | 27 Oct 2016 | View |
| Pipeline search responses to consultation 27th October 2016 via ERPipeline search responses to consultation 27th October 2016 via ER | 27 Oct 2016 | View |
| Colt 4th November 2016 response to consultationColt 4th November 2016 response to consultation | 7 Nov 2016 | View |
| Thorrington Parish ResposneThorrington Parish Resposne | 10 Nov 2016 | View |
| Environment agency ResponseEnvironment agency Response | 15 Nov 2016 | View |
| Natural England 15th November 2016 response to consultationNatural England 15th November 2016 response to consultation | 15 Nov 2016 | View |
| BPA pipelines responseBPA pipelines response | 17 Nov 2016 | View |
| Network Rail responseNetwork Rail response | 21 Nov 2016 | View |
| Place services responsePlace services response | 23 Nov 2016 | View |
| Highways Strategic Development 25th November 2016 response to consultationHighways Strategic Development 25th November 2016 response to consultation | 29 Nov 2016 | View |
| Jacobs ResponseJacobs Response | 30 Nov 2016 | View |
| Delegated ReportDelegated Report | 12 Dec 2016 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 12 Dec 2016 | View |
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