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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Olligarth Brig Stromness Voe
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Council sourceTo deploy an experimental tidal turbine for the production of electricity
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| QUERY FOR EXTENSIONCorrespondence · PDF | 19 Sept 2023 | View |
| CORRESPONDENCE- RESPONSE TO APPLICANT RE EXTENSIONCorrespondence · PDF | 19 Sept 2023 | View |
| AFT ELEVATIONApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| AERIAL PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| DRAWINGApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| LOCATION PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| SITE PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| TURBINE LETTERApproved Plans · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLINGDelegated Report of Handling | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 25 Feb 2021 | View |
| COMMUNITY COUNCIL CONSULTATION RESPONSEConsultee Comment · PDF | 4 Feb 2021 | View |
| NATURE SCOT CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 3 Feb 2021 | View |
| DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 28 Jan 2021 | View |
| NHO CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 Jan 2021 | View |
| NLB REVISED CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 18 Jan 2021 | View |
| NLB CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 12 Jan 2021 | View |
| RSPB CONSULTEE COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 Dec 2020 | View |
| SEPA CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 21 Dec 2020 | View |
| MARINE SCOTLAND SCIENCE CONSULTEE COMMENTConsultee Comment · PDF | 4 Dec 2020 | View |
| ADVERTAdvert | 4 Dec 2020 | View |
| WORKS LICENCE APPLICATIONApplication Form · PDF | 18 Nov 2020 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.