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 sourceDetails pursuant to conditions 4 and 8 on planning permission MC/14/3317 for construction 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARCHAEOLOGY INFORMATIONSupporting Documents · PDF | 20 Oct 2016 | View |
| MATERIALS CDrawings · PDF | 18 Jul 2016 | View |
| ARCHEOLOGICAL EVALUATION BOREHOLING REPORTSupporting Documents · PDF | 18 Jul 2016 | View |
| COVER LETTERSupporting Documents · PDF | 27 Jan 2016 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| SITE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTSSupporting Documents · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| EVALUATION ? TRIAL TRENCHING REQUIREMENTSSupporting Documents · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| HER & FIELDWORK NOTIFICATION FORMSupporting Documents · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| KENT HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT RECORDDrawings · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| ARCHAEOLOGY STATEMENTSupporting Documents · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | View |
| PRELIMINARY TENDER PROGRAMMESupporting Documents · PDF | 14 Jan 2016 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.