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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Entrance to rear of St Olafs Church
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Council sourceInstall a new underground electricity cable to provide power to listed building St Olafs Church( LB18649) to replace overhead line, as part of undergrounding works related to Cullivoe road widening Scheme, Under Class 40 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (as amended)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| DELEGATED REPORT OF HANDLINGDelegated Report of Handling · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| CLUP DECISION NOTICEDecision · PDF | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| APPLICATION PDFApplication Form · PDF | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| A LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| PLAN OF UNDERGROUND CABLE ROUTE AT 1_500Drawing · PDF | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| PHOTO OF REAR OF BUILDING SHOWING DETAILS OF NEW PROPOSED CABLEPhoto | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| PHOTO OF CHURCH AND GROUNDSPhoto | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| PHOTO OF BUILDING AND GROUNDSPhoto | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| SIGNED WAYLEAVE FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLANDDrawing · PDF | 23 Apr 2026 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.