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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Church Of Scotland Burghead Parish Church Grant Street Burghead Elgin Moray IV30 5UQ
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| 26/00091/DISCON - COND 2 DISCHARGEDCorrespondence from Council · PDF | 3 Jul 2026 | View |
| 26/00091/DISCON - COND 10 DISCHARGEDCorrespondence from Council · PDF | 13 Mar 2026 | View |
| 25/00091/DISCON - COND 11 DISCHARGEDCorrespondence from Council · PDF | 30 Jan 2026 | View |
| REPORT OF HANDLINGDecision · PDF | 29 Aug 2025 | View |
| DECISION NOTICE - APPROVEDDecision · PDF | 29 Aug 2025 | View |
| PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR LAYOUTApproved Plan · PDF | 7 Jul 2025 | View |
| PAVEMENT WORKSApproved Plan · PDF | 20 May 2025 | View |
| EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR PLANSDrawing · PDF | 27 Jan 2025 | View |
| PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND FIRST FLOOR PLANApproved Plan · PDF | 27 Jan 2025 | View |
| SITE PLANApproved Plan · PDF | 27 Jan 2025 | View |
| LOCATION PLANApproved Plan · PDF | 27 Jan 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.