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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Burrows Yard Water Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LL
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Council sourceApplication to discharge planning conditions 4 (Flood Defence Scheme), 6 (Land Contamination - Assessment) and 7 (Land Contamination - Remediation Scheme) of planning permission P2025/0633 (Section 73 application to vary condition No. 28 (delivery hours) of planning permission P2024/0339 (Mixed use development comprising of a food store (use class A1) and a separate coffee shop with drive thru (use class A3) together with associated access onto Afan Way and Water Street, car parking and servicing, external lighting, landscaping, drainage, and other associated site works) granted on 11.06.2025, to extend the delivery hours for the approved A1 use Class unit (Aldi store) from 07:00 -19:00 to 07:00 - 23:00) granted on 10.10.2025.
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| Decision NoticeDecision | Not published | View |
| Updated PRA - StarbucksSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| CAS-289503-D5H3 NRW | 22.10.2025 consultee comments addressed by applicantGeneral In | Not published | View |
| Remediation SpecificationSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Updated PRA - Aldi StoreSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Groundtech Letter 27 OctoberSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| SI Timeline of SiteSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| GROUNDTECH GRO-21252-6130 groundwater testing - September 2025.Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_6Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_19Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_8Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_7Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_1Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_4Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_2Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_3Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_5Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_21Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_25Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_22Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_27Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_24Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_23Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_26Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_15Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_12Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_14Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_13Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_20Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_17Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_16Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_11Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_18Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_10Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| GRO-21252-6068_part_9Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| 10985 ATS FLOOD BOUNDARY WALL - Structural CalculationsDrawings - Plans | Not published | View |
| 10985SK0012E - Proposed Enabling Works at ATS Site (Flood Defence Wall)Drawings - Plans | Not published | View |
| Appendix 16 - Groundtech HazWaste Online ReportSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Lab Testing Contamination Plan - P06Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Exploratory Hole Location Plan - P04Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Site Photograph 5Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Site Photographs 3 - 4Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Appendix 3 - Groundsure EMS Data Subsets and MappingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Appendix 3 - Groundsure Emapsite Supplementary MappingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Appendix 8 - Mcerts Analytical Report 21-17040Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Evidence of Contamination Plan - P04Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Obstruction Location Plan - P07Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Site Photographs 1 - 2Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Supplementary Environmental Appraisal (Document Reference: GRO-21252-5257), dated 17th June 2024, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Groundtech 'HazWasteOnline' reportSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| 25 July 2025 - Cover LetterSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| MCerts analytical report no. 21-17040Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Groundsure Supplementary MappingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Groundsure EMS-725447_946285 – Data Subsets / MappingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Groundsure Emapsite EMS_726447_946285 – Supplementary MappingSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Exploratory Hole Location Plans GRO-21252-P04, P06, P07 and Site PhotographsSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Phase II Geo-Environmental Report (Document Reference: GRO-21252-3003), dated 8th December 2021, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Remedial Specification Report (Document Reference: GRO-21252-4313), dated 28th April 2023, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Supplementary Ground Investigation Works (Document Reference: GRO-21252-5916), dated 17th July 2025, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Letter Responding to Consultation Responses from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Council’s Environmental Health Officer (Document Reference: GRO-21252- 5916), dated 17th July 2025, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Permanent Ground Gas Assessment (Document Reference: GRO-21252-3237), dated 28th April 2022, prepared by Groundtech Consulting LimitedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Boundary Wall Operation & Maintenance Manual (Document Reference: 10985w0014), dated 30th June 2025, prepared by CraddysSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| Proposed Enabling Works at Neighbouring ATS Site Plan (Drawing Number: sk0012 Rev D), at a scale of 1:20, 1:200, and 1:1000 @ A1, prepared by Craddys.Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| Certificate of Planning Permission P 2024 0339Supporting Document | Not published | View |
| ApplicationFormRedactedSupporting Document | Not published | View |
| 170466-1100-P01 SITE LOCATION PLANSupporting Document | Not published | View |
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Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.