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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Land On The South West Side Of Barkway Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DF
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Council sourceTo add a sentence to a number of conditions to allow a minor start on site to implement the planning approval by adding the words: " ...other than the excavation and concreting of the foundations to the pair of garages serving plots 9 and 10 or demolition of the existing workshops in the vicinity of plots 1 and 2 on plan numbers HAN/BAR21/01E and HAN/BAR21/02A ...." to Condition numbers: 3 External Materials, 4 hard and soft landscaping, 8 Biodiversity Management Plan, 13, Foul water/ sewerage, 14 Construction traffic management plan (only a days work for a mini digger and one visit by a grab lorry and one by a cement mixer), 15 Construction management plan (as 14), 19 WSI - attached - is a watching brief possible on this small excavation, 22 No contamination has been found - reports deposited with original application. The site is located on chalk very close to the surface resulting in a shallow dig (as non-material amendment to planning permission reference 21/02957/FP granted on 22.05.2023).
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| Officer reportSupporting Documents | Not published | View |
| Decision noticeDecision Notice | Not published | View |
| PhotoSupporting Documents | Not published | View |
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| PhotoSupporting Documents | Not published | View |
| PhotoSupporting Documents | Not published | View |
| HAN/BAR/21/02A Proposed Site Plan / BellmouthPlans | Not published | View |
| HAN/BAR/21/01/E Proposed Site PlanPlans | Not published | View |
| Barkway Road WSISupporting Documents | Not published | View |
| ApplicationFormRedactedApplication Forms | Not published | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.