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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Lerwick Post Office Commercial Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AA
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DISCHARGE OF CONDITION - APPROVEDDecision · PDF | 31 May 2022 | View |
| INTERNAL DOORApproved Plans · PDF | 30 May 2022 | View |
| AMENDED PROPOSALS DRAWINGAmended Drawing · PDF | 27 May 2022 | View |
| DOOR SPEC BROCHUREDrawing · PDF | 26 Apr 2022 | View |
| DOOR SPECDrawing · PDF | 26 Apr 2022 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto | 26 Apr 2022 | View |
| PHOTOPhoto | 26 Apr 2022 | View |
| EMAIL FROM AGENT RE CONDITION 3Correspondence · PDF | 26 Apr 2022 | View |
| LOCATION PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| SITE PLANApproved Plans · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PROPOSEDApproved Plans · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| DESIGN STATEMENT AND JUSTIFICATIONApproved Plans · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLINGDelegated Report of Handling · PDF | 1 Apr 2022 | View |
| POST_SUBMISSION_ADDITIONAL_DOCUMCorrespondence · PDF | 24 Feb 2022 | View |
| REPRESENTATION - AHSSRepresentation · PDF | 22 Dec 2021 | View |
| HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND CONSULTATION RESPONSEConsultee Comment · PDF | 14 Dec 2021 | View |
| SHETLAND TIMES ADVERTAdvert | 10 Dec 2021 | View |
| DESIGN STATEMENT AND JUSTIFICATIONSuperseded Drawing · PDF | 8 Dec 2021 | View |
| PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANSuperseded Drawing · PDF | 8 Dec 2021 | View |
| DESIGN STATEMENT AND JUSTIFICATIONSuperseded Drawing · PDF | 30 Nov 2021 | View |
| LOCATION PLANSuperseded Drawing · PDF | 30 Nov 2021 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR EXISTING REV ASuperseded Drawing · PDF | 30 Nov 2021 | View |
| GROUND FLOOR PROPOSED REV ASuperseded Drawing · PDF | 30 Nov 2021 | View |
| SITE PLANSuperseded Drawing · PDF | 30 Nov 2021 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 25 Nov 2021 | 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.