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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ex Phillips Factory Site and further land west of Simonstone Lane Simonstone Lancashire
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ex Phillips Factory Site and further land west of Simonstone Lane Simonstone Lancashire
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Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Manufacturing development with ancillary storage use class B2 (Town & Country Planning Use Classes Order 1987) in accordance with outline planning permission ref: 7/7/1528 dated 5th February 1958.
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