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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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WGC Metals Ltd., Bridge Works, Bridgefields, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1RX
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WGC Metals Ltd., Bridge Works, Bridgefields, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1RX
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Application for change of use of the site from industrial use (B2) to waste use (sui generis) for end-of-life vehicle (ELV) dismantling and depollution and metal recycling, the erection of a 2 metre high wall with chain link above to an overall height of 4 metres in the south-west corner of the site and a 3 metre high fence along the northern boundary
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 18 May 2009 | View |
| Transport Statement, WGC Metals July 2008.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 19 May 2009 | View |
| appendix 6 machinery specs.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 18 May 2009 | View |
| 1383 planning statement final jm 5may09.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 18 May 2009 | View |
| Geoenvironmental Investigation3.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 19 May 2009 | View |
| Geoenvironmental Investigation2.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 19 May 2009 | View |
| Geoenvironmental Investigation1 sm.pdfApplication documents (not plans) | 19 May 2009 | View |
| May 2009 Application Plans 6.1443-09.pdfPlans or drawings | 25 Feb 2016 | View |
| 1383 jm design& access statement 24apr09 final.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| sk-003 turning circle.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| sk-002 small artic exit.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| sk-001small artic entry.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| pa_02.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| pa_01.pdfPlans or drawings | 18 May 2009 | View |
| sk-004 sight lines.pdfPlanning Application Documents | 18 May 2009 | View |
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