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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Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
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Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
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View council mapRemoval of condition 4 (extraction fan details) and variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and 3 (approved materials via plan) of planning permission HS/FA/18/00057 - Change of use of Basement from B1 Office to a sui generis combination of cafe/restaurant, bakery/food-shop & community/events-space. Alterations to Rear, Claremont/Alley Elevation: Two large metal roller shutters replaced by shopfront glazing and sliding, telescopic doors to allow wheelchair access to eight floors of Rock House. Commercial kitchen extract ducting, lights, and a shopfront/restaurant fascia sign are to be added externally. Metal security grilles have been removed from windows on the floor above - Amendments to include no external duct work (internal ventilation only) and removal of stair case to mezzanine level (amended description).
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| FINAL DELEGATED REPORTReport · PDF | 28 Feb 2019 | View |
| DecisionDecision · PDF | 28 Feb 2019 | View |
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHConsultee Comment | 31 Jan 2019 | View |
| DISTANCESite Notice | 28 Jan 2019 | View |
| CLOSE UPSite Notice | 28 Jan 2019 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | View |
| PROPOSED ELEVATIONDrawing · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | View |
| DUCTWORK VENTILATION LAYOUTDrawing · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | View |
| EXISTING AND PROPOSED BASEMENT PLANSDrawing · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | View |
| KITCHEN VENTILATION STRATEGYOther · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 7 Jan 2019 | 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.