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.
Council planning record
Unit 2 New Line Industrial Estate The Sidings Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RW
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Council sourceA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceConstruction of a new office building (B1), with associated works.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| UU - FURTHER COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 7 Apr 2020 | View |
| DecisionDecision · PDF | 28 Jan 2020 | View |
| OFFICER REPORTReport · PDF | 27 Jan 2020 | View |
| SITE DRAINAGE PLANDrawing · PDF | 15 Jan 2020 | View |
| UU - UPDATED COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 13 Jan 2020 | View |
| UU - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 6 Jan 2020 | View |
| COMMENTS - MARTIN PLANTConsultee Comment · PDF | 18 Dec 2019 | View |
| RBC ED - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 16 Dec 2019 | View |
| HIGHWAYS - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 16 Dec 2019 | View |
| PLAN AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 9 Dec 2019 | View |
| SITE PLANS AND ELEVATIONSDrawing · PDF | 9 Dec 2019 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PLANDrawing · PDF | 9 Dec 2019 | View |
| FIRST FLOOR PLAN (SHOWING STEELWORK OVER)Drawing · PDF | 9 Dec 2019 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form · PDF | 8 Dec 2019 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.