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.
Council planning record
Land opposite, 56-58 West Hill Road (Adjacent to Sussex Steps & 71 West Hill Road), St Leonards-on-sea
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Discharge of conditions: 4 (external surface materials); 5 (construction management plan); 6 (site investigation and soils report); 7i (details of foul sewerage and surface water management/disposal) and 8 (soft and hard landscaping details) of Planning Permission HS/FA/20/00398 (Construction of a single detached two storey dwelling and landscaping works. The house is built into the land and is visible above ground level by no more than 1.6 metres on the Northern West Hill roadside.)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DecisionDecision · PDF | 24 May 2022 | View |
| BOROUGH ARBORICULTURISTConsultee Comment | 14 Apr 2022 | View |
| SOUTHERN WATER PLANConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Apr 2022 | View |
| SOUTHERN WATER COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Apr 2022 | View |
| SUDSConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 Mar 2022 | View |
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHConsultee Comment | 17 Mar 2022 | View |
| LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLANS & SECTIONSDrawing · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| LOWER GROUND FLOOR RC DETAILSDrawing · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR RC DETAILSDrawing · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| DRAINAGE CALCULATIONSOther · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| EXTERNAL MATERIALSOther · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLANOther · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| GROUND INVESTIGATION REPORTReport · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| GROUND INVESTIGATION REPORT - APPENDIX BReport · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| GROUND INVESTIGATION REPORT - APPENDICES C-EReport · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| DRAINAGE PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| PROPOSED LANDSCAPING PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
| HARD LANDSCAPING SCHEDULEOther · PDF | 23 Feb 2022 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.