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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Wallasea Island,Rochford,SS4 2HD
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Council sourceThe importation by sea of 7.5 million cubic metres of high quality recovered inert material to achieve, by phased extraction and landraising, a change of use from agricultural land to 677 hectares of coastal nature reserve principally comprising mudflats, saltmarsh, coastal lagoons, brackish marsh, coastal grazing marsh, drier grass capable of developing new saltmarsh as sea levels rise together with the development of 5 bird hides, car park and associated off shore unloading facility, conveyer
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ESS/54/08/ROC Committee Report 24 April 2009ESS/54/08/ROC Committee Report 24 April 2009 | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| ESS/54/08/ROC Committee Report 26 June 2009ESS/54/08/ROC Committee Report 26 June 2009 | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 11 Apr 2014 | View |
| Proposed design for the Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project - Figure 5Proposed design for the Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project - Figure 5 | 30 Aug 2019 | View |
| S106 Agreement 9th July 2009S106 Agreement 9th July 2009 | 2 Sept 2019 | View |
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