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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Swining Voe Setterness
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Council sourceTo make permanent a freshwater storage facility in marine water consisting of two 90-circumference cages fitted with tarpaulins and associated 150m abstraction pipe to enable well boats to collect freshwater to be used for fish treatments, following the expiry of temporary planning permission 2017/026/MAR (retrospective).
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| DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLINGDelegated Report of Handling | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| HRAOther | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| SCREENING OPINIONOther | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| FRESHWATER CHART 1:2500Approved Plans · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| FRESHWATER CHART 1:5000Approved Plans · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| FRESHWATER CHART 1:10000Approved Plans · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| SITE PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| LOCATION PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONApproved Detail · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 29 Jan 2021 | View |
| RSPB CONSULTEE COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 Dec 2020 | View |
| NATURESCOT CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 18 Dec 2020 | View |
| COMMUNITY COUNCIL CONSULTATION RESPONSEConsultee Comment · PDF | 14 Dec 2020 | View |
| SHETLAND TIMES ADVERT 11 DECEMBER 2020Advert | 14 Dec 2020 | View |
| MARINE SCOTLAND SCIENCE CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 14 Dec 2020 | View |
| MARINE FISH FARM LOCAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTCorrespondence · PDF | 7 Dec 2020 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 1 Dec 2020 | View |
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