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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Middle Carr Farm Hall Carr Road Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6BS
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Council sourceProposed internal alterations to:Ground Floor - infilling opening to dining room and forming new opening.First Floor - forming 3 no. bedrooms in existing workshop, alterations to internal doors to en-suite bathrooms to form communal bathrooms.Retrospective approval for:Rebuilding front wall of end cottage, removal of internal wall at first floor, existing replacement windows, removal of cement render internally to ground floor store, raking out of cement mortar internally to retained stone walls & replacement with lime mortar & removal of areas of blockwork in exposed stone & replacement with stone to match.
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.