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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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Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
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Council sourceNon-material amendment of Planning Permission HS/FA/22/00676 (Erection of�a total of 151 no. dwellings (C3) and a 188 sq.m community centre (Use Class F2(b)) accessed from Harrow Lane, together with a 1,918 sq.m food retail store (Use Class E(a)) accessed from Sedlescombe Road North, and associated car parking, landscaping and servicing areas following demolition of the existing buildings (amended description)) - Amendment to conditions: 7 (soft landscaping); 8 (soft landscaping to be carried out prior to occupation); 10 (surface water drainage strategy); 11 (maintenance and management plan); 13 (photographic evidence of completed drainage scheme); 15 (lighting scheme); 16 (implementation of underground tanks and submission of intrusive investigation report); 17 (soil investigation report); 21 (refuse storage); 22 (electric vehicle charging details); 23 (materials); 25 (implementation of measures set out in all submitted reports); 27 (protective fencing); 30 (landscape and ecological management plan); 31 (technical details of highway works); 33 (parking plan); 36 (cycle parking); 37 (vehicle turning space); 39 (drawings/details of constructed roads, drainage and street lighting); 41 (servicing management plan); 42 (tree protective fencing) and 44 (concrete batching plant mitigation strategy) to allow submission on a phased basis
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| Section 278Section 278 · PDF | 3 Dec 2025 | View |
| SOUTHERN WATERConsultee Comment · PDF | 16 Mar 2023 | View |
| SOUTHERN WATERConsultee Comment · PDF | 16 Mar 2023 | View |
| DecisionDecision · PDF | 9 Mar 2023 | View |
| FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 7 Mar 2023 | View |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICERConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Mar 2023 | View |
| NATIONAL HIGHWAYSConsultee Comment · PDF | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| SOUTHER WATERConsultee Comment · PDF | 3 Mar 2023 | View |
| NATURAL ENGLANDConsultee Comment · PDF | 2 Mar 2023 | View |
| ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (NOISE AND CONTAMINATION)Consultee Comment | 1 Mar 2023 | View |
| HIGHWAYS RESPONSEConsultee Comment | 23 Feb 2023 | View |
| POLICEConsultee Comment · PDF | 20 Feb 2023 | View |
| CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS (CONS OFFICER)Consultee Comment · PDF | 20 Feb 2023 | View |
| ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGERConsultee Comment · PDF | 13 Feb 2023 | View |
| MARKETING & MAJOR PROJECTS MANAGERConsultee Comment · PDF | 10 Feb 2023 | View |
| COVERING LETTEROther · PDF | 3 Feb 2023 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawing · PDF | 3 Feb 2023 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 3 Feb 2023 | View |
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