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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Accrington Academy Queens Road West Accrington Lancashire BB5 4FF
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Accrington Academy Queens Road West Accrington Lancashire BB5 4FF
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The extension and re-modelling of Accrington Academy to create a 1150 place school, re-contouring of site to provide improved sports pitches and mixed use games area and a future location for an All Weather Pitch (AWP), hard play areas, cycle storage, perimeter fencing and varying size fencing within the site, two double and one single portakabin-type temporary classrooms, sprinkler tank, proposed new lampposts and building lighting, street furniture, temporary vehicular access, parking areas and manoeuvring areas.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.