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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B&Q Strood Retail Park Commercial Road Strood Rochester ME2 2AB
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Council sourceConstruction of a replacement building to provide three retail units (Class A1), cafe (Class A3) and a gym (Class D2), removal of existing slip road, alterations to car park and other associated works (demolition existing unit)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| ARBORICULTURAL APPENDICES REV CSupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Jul 2016 | View |
| ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT METHOD STATEMENT REPORT REV CSupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Jul 2016 | View |
| ARBORICULTURAL MONITORING PROGRAMMESupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Jul 2016 | View |
| TREE PROTECTION PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Jul 2016 | View |
| SOFT LANDSCAPE PLANDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| AREAS SUBJECT TO HARD SOFT LANDSCAPINGDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| COMMERCIAL BOUNDARY PLAN SECTION AND ELEVATIONSDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| EXTERNAL WORKS DEMOLITION PLANDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| SHEETS 1-3Drawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| PLANTING SCHEDULESupporting Documents · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| LANDSCAPE DEMOLITION PLANDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| CNSTRUCION PHASE - TREE PROTECTION PLANDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| DEMOLITION PHASE - TREE PROTECTION PLANDrawings · PDF | 26 Apr 2016 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 18 Mar 2015 | View |
| Committee ReportCommittee Report | 18 Mar 2015 | View |
| UNILATERALS106 Agreement · PDF | 11 Mar 2015 | View |
| S106 AgreementS106 Agreement · PDF | 11 Mar 2015 | View |
| NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 11Application Form · PDF | 16 Jan 2015 | View |
| REVISEDApplication Form · PDF | 16 Jan 2015 | View |
| EXISTING SITE PLANDrawings · PDF | 15 Jan 2015 | View |
| PLANNING STATEMENTSupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| FINAL TRANSPORT NOTESupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENTSupporting Documents · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| LOCATION PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE PLAN EXTERNAL WORKSDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| EXISTING ELEVATIONSDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & DETAIL SECTIONDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED MEZZANINE FLOOR PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| PROPOSED ROOF PLANDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| DETAIL PERIMETER SITE SECTIONSDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| EXISTING & PROPOSED DIAGRAMMATIC SECTIONSDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| AREAS SUBJECT TO SEPARATE HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPINGDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | View |
| WORKS TO AREA OF EXISTING SLIP ROADDrawings · PDF | 11 Nov 2014 | 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.