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 At Scaffold Hill Farm Whitley Road Benton Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Council sourceRetrospective change of use from horse grazing land to 6 dog exercise areas (5 paddocks applied for retrospectively). Erection of fencing around each paddock, 1no. shelter and the installation of hard standing and an access track (ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| PROPOSED SITE LAYOUTRevised Drawing · PDF | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| REVISED MITIGATION AREARevised Drawing · PDF | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| BINS AND ACCESSPhoto · PDF | 11 Jun 2026 | View |
| ECOLOGYConsultee Comment · PDF | 8 Apr 2026 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE LAYOUTDrawing · PDF | 12 Feb 2026 | View |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONOther · PDF | 12 Feb 2026 | View |
| ECOLOGYConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Feb 2026 | View |
| SUPPORTSupport Comment · PDF | 8 Oct 2025 | View |
| ECOLOGYConsultee Comment · PDF | 2 Oct 2025 | View |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONCorrespondence · PDF | 9 Sept 2025 | View |
| NOISE REPORTReport · PDF | 7 Aug 2025 | View |
| RESPONSE TO EH COMMENTSOther · PDF | 7 Aug 2025 | View |
| LANDSCAPEConsultee Comment · PDF | 1 Aug 2025 | View |
| COAL AUTHORITYConsultee Comment · PDF | 9 Jul 2025 | View |
| COAL AUTHORITYConsultee Comment · PDF | 8 Jul 2025 | View |
| FIELD SHELTEROther · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| PADDOCK 4 RETROSPECTIVEDrawing · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| PADDOCK 3 RETROSPECTIVEDrawing · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| PADDOCK 6 NEWSuperseded · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| PADDOCK 5 RETROSPECTIVEDrawing · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| PROPOSED SITE LAYOUTSuperseded · PDF | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Jun 2025 | View |
| PADDOCK 1 RETROSPECTIVEDrawing · PDF | 23 Jun 2025 | View |
| PhotoPhoto · PDF | 23 Jun 2025 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 13 Jun 2025 | View |
| NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENTOther · PDF | 13 Jun 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.