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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Culham Wastewater Treatment Works, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DD
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Culham Wastewater Treatment Works, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DD
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Proposed upgrade to Culham Sewage Treatment Works (STW), comprising of the diversion of four existing rising main to site to new screen reception chamber; the installation of two new inlet screens on raised platform including access metawork (10 m in length, 8.5 m in width and 8 m in height); above-ground feed and return pipes to new screens; two new pile cloth filters (PCF) feed and recirculation pumping station; PCP backwash pumping station including above ground tank with slab mounted pumps (2.1 in diameter and 2 min height); new washwater tank and booster units (2.1 m in length, 1.2 in width and 1.1 m in height); new final effluent weir chamber (2.1 m in length, 1.2 m in width and 1.1 m in height); new chemical dosing unit with a dosing point at inlet flume, and associated safety shower and bund/interlock valve (11 m in length, 4 m in width and 5 m in height); new Motor Control Centre (MCC) and distribution units (10 m in length, 2.5 m in width and 4 m in height); transformer upgrade for the provision of a 200 kV diesel powered generator; installation of new underground pipes requiring 90 m of hedgerow removal; the demolition of the existing sewage wet well and associated chambers and the demolition of five disused sludge beds
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| EIA Screening Opinion - Culham STWApplication Documents | 20 Jun 2025 | View |
| Culham STW EIA Screening Opinion Request - L481.01-EX-CULHS1ZZ-100-RP-EN-9206Application Documents | 20 Jun 2025 | View |
| SODC Acknowledgement Letter (16/07/2025)Application Documents | 17 Jul 2025 | View |
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