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 King Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL
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Council sourceSection 73 application for variation to condition (2) of planning permission TH/08/534 (Demolition of the existing hall and the erection of a creative arts block, roofing over the internal quadrangle to the main building and the creation of a new multi use games court to the rear of the sports hall,...
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