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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53 BARING ROAD, LONDON, SE12 0JS
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Unable to do the description as there is a lack of documentation and plans - Complete once receivedConstruction of a side extension to no.53 Baring Road, comprising basement, ground floor and first floor, to extend the existing chemist's retail floorspace at ground floor (Use Class E), to provide a clinic at first floor (Use Class E), and to provide ancillary storage at basement level; together with associated cycle storage and refuse storage.The construction of a two storey side extension, a dormer extension to the rear roof slope and the installation of 2 roof lights in the front roof slope at 53 Baring Road SE12 to provide a shop on the ground floor and 2 self-contained units above (1 studio and 1 x 1 bedroom), together with cycle storage, provision of car parking space, bin stores and amenity space.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.