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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St Helens Woods, to rear of 147 St Helens Park Road, Hastings
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Fell and treat T1 Oak tree at: St Helens Wood, St Helens Park Road
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DecisionDecision · PDF | 10 Mar 2020 | View |
| FINAL DELEGATED REPORTReport · PDF | 10 Mar 2020 | View |
| FORESTRY COMMISSIONConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Feb 2020 | View |
| NATURAL ENGLANDConsultee Comment · PDF | 4 Feb 2020 | View |
| TREEConsultee Comment | 27 Jan 2020 | View |
| DISTANCESite Notice | 23 Jan 2020 | View |
| CLOSE UPSite Notice | 23 Jan 2020 | View |
| DISTANCESite Notice | 23 Jan 2020 | View |
| CLOSE UPSite Notice | 23 Jan 2020 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 14 Jan 2020 | View |
| STATEMENT OF REASONSOther · PDF | 14 Jan 2020 | View |
| SITE INVESTIGATION REPORTOther · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | View |
| ENGINEERING APPRAISAL REPORTOther · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | View |
| SITE PLANDrawing · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | View |
| LEVEL MONITORINGOther · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | View |
| ARBORICULTURAL REPORTOther · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.