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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2024, Observation Applications, Not in Brent
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2024, Observation Applications, Not in Brent
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View council mapSite: Land At Watling Avenue Car Park, Burnt Oak Library And 41 Barnfield Road, HA8 0AYProposal: Demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the Watling Avenue Car Park site including the erection of four buildings (6-13 storeys) comprising no.344 residential units (Class C3) with roof terraces and external and internal amenity space, a new public park, 85 sqm of caf� (Class E) floorspace, 64sqm of co-working space (Class E), provision of 45 town centre car parking spaces and 10 blue badge spaces for future residents and improved access. Demolition of the existing Library building and erection of a building (4 storeys) to provide 348sqm commercial (Class E) floorspace at ground floor and no.15 residential units (Class C3) on upper levels and provision of one blue badge parking space. Demolition of the buildings at 41 Barnfield Road and erection of a building (3 storeys) providing 1,230sqm floorspace for a new library, Council employment services and nursery (Use Class F1 and E), external amenity space and provision of one blue badge parking space. Associated plant, access, refuse and recycling, cycle parking, amenity spaces, landscaping, play space and public realm works are also included.Ref: 24/4556/FUL
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| Final delegated reportReport · PDF | 16 Dec 2024 | View |
| Final decision noticeDecision (Public) · PDF | 16 Dec 2024 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.