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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The Ritz Church Street Accrington
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The Ritz Church Street Accrington
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Full Major: Change of use of 1 No retail unit to 15 No apartments (C3) and 3 No retail units (A1) on ground floor including external alterations
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| PERFORATED SECURITY SHUTTER IMAGECouncil document | Not published | View |
| HERITAGE STATEMENT 11 JULY 2016Council document | Not published | View |
| PRE -APP ADVICE P15 029 FINALCouncil document | Not published | View |
| SHUTTER TYPICAL SECTIONCouncil document | Not published | View |
| APPLICATION FORMCouncil document | Not published | View |
| DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENTCouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN - REV ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING ROOF PLANCouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN - REV ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| SIDE ELEVATION - REVISION ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| SECOND FLOOR - REVISION ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING AND PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATIONCouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN - REV ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING SIDE VIEW (A)Council document | Not published | View |
| THIRD FLOOR - REVISION ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| PROPOSED ROOF PLAN - REVISION ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| EXISTING SIDE VIEWCouncil document | Not published | View |
| FIRST FLOOR - REVISION ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| PROPOSED SIDE VIEW (ACouncil document | Not published | View |
| PUBLISHED PRESS NOTICECouncil document | Not published | View |
| LANCS. FIRE AND RESCUECouncil document | Not published | View |
| HBC REGENERATION AND HOUSINGCouncil document | Not published | View |
| LCC HIGHWAYSCouncil document | Not published | View |
| LCC SCHOOL PLANNING TEAMCouncil document | Not published | View |
| HBC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERCouncil document | Not published | View |
| HBC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERCouncil document | Not published | View |
| GROUND FLOOR REVISED PLAN SHOWING REVISED BIN STORAGECouncil document | Not published | View |
| HERITAGE ASSESSMENTCouncil document | Not published | View |
| POLICE LIAISON OFFICERCouncil document | Not published | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PLAN - CYCLE PROVISION ADDED 15 MARCH 2017Council document | Not published | View |
| 1ST FLOOR PLAN WITH INCREASED LIVING ROOM WINDOWS FLATS 1, 2 AND 3Council document | Not published | View |
| PROPOSED SIDE VIEW WINDOWS WIDTH TO LIVING AREAS CHANGEDCouncil document | Not published | View |
| 3RD FLOOR PLAN WITH INCREASED LIVING ROOM WINDOWS FLATS 11, 12 AND 13Council document | Not published | View |
| 2RD FLOOR PLAN WITH INCREASED LIVING ROOM WINDOWS FLATS 6, 7 AND 8.PDFCouncil document | Not published | View |
| LOCATION PLAN 15 MARCH 2017 LOCATION PLAN (Council document | Not published | View |
| HBC PARKS & OPEN SPACESCouncil document | Not published | View |
| DECISION NOTICECouncil document | Not published | View |
| ASSOCIATED DECISIONCouncil document | Not published | 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.