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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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Land Intersecting Park Lane, To The North Of Lavender Hall Lane, Balsall Common
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Council sourcePlans and Specifications submission under Schedule 17 to the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 for works comprising: Engineering earthworks to form a railway cutting (Park Lane Cutting); earthworks for the realignment of a section of Park Lane; earthworks to form maintenance access tracks (two of which will also support public footpath diversions) and vehicle parking turning areas; earthworks to support the realignment of Footpath M215; earthworks to form landscape bunds and earthen berms; earthworks to form six ecological ponds; earthworks to form a watercourse diversion, drainage ditches and land drainage; culvert headwalls; earthworks to form two Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) compounds; two sets of access stairs adjacent to Footpath M215 Overbridge and one set of stairs north of Lavender Hall Lane; provision of a ditch crossing slab; provision of pole mounted wooden bat structures; and location of permanent, ecological and boundary fencing and vehicle restraint system (VRS).
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| DECISION NOTICE HS2Decision · PDF | 17 Mar 2026 | View |
| SMBC RESPONSE TO INDICATIVE MITIGATIONCorrespondence · PDF | 17 Mar 2026 | View |
| SMBC RESPONSE TO INDICATIVE MITIGATION CONSULTATIONCorrespondence · PDF | 17 Mar 2026 | View |
| SMBC ECOLOGYConsultee Comment | 25 Feb 2026 | View |
| COVERING LETTERCorrespondence · PDF | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| AMENDED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN 1 OF 3Drawing · PDF | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| AMENDED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN 3 OF 3Drawing · PDF | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| AMENDED DOCUMENT SCHEDULEDrawing · PDF | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| AMENDED PRO FORMABackGround Papers · PDF | 4 Feb 2026 | View |
| SMBC HERITAGEConsultee Comment | 12 Nov 2025 | View |
| SMBC ECOLOGYConsultee Comment | 17 Oct 2025 | View |
| SMBC LANDSCAPE COMMENTSConsultee Comment | 16 Oct 2025 | View |
| MS ANNA STOCKSConsultee Comment · PDF | 14 Oct 2025 | View |
| SMBC - DRAINAGE & LLFAConsultee Comment | 13 Oct 2025 | View |
| SMBC - PUBLIC PROTECTIONConsultee Comment | 10 Oct 2025 | View |
| SMBC HIGHWAYSConsultee Comment · PDF | 7 Oct 2025 | View |
| SECTIONS (SHEET 1 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN (SHEET 3 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| PIPE OUTLETS AND HEADWALLS EXTRACTION VIEW (SHEET 2 OF 3)Drawing | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| PIPE OUTLETS AND HEADWALLS EXTRACTION VIEW (SHEET 3 OF 3)Drawing | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN (SHEET 1 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN (SHEET 2 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| CONSULTATION LETTER ON INDICATIVE MITIGATION PROPOSALSCorrespondence · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| MATERIALS SCHEDULEReport · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SUPERSEDED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN (SHEET 1 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN (SHEET 2 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SUPERSEDED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN (SHEET 3 OF 3)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| PIPE OUTLETS AND HEADWALLS EXTRACTION VIEW (SHEET 1 OF 3)Drawing | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| NOISE DEMONSTRATION REPORTReport · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SUPERSEDED PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS PROFORMAOther · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| COVERING LETTERCorrespondence · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| ELEVATIONS (SHEET 6 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| TYPICAL HEADWALLS DETAILSDrawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| POLE MOUNTED BAT BOXESDrawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| WRITTEN STATEMENTReport · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SUPERSEDED SCH17 PLANS& DOCUMENTS SCHEDULEOther · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SECTIONS (SHEET 2 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| ELEVATIONS (SHEET 3 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SECTIONS (SHEET 4 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
| SECTIONS (SHEET 5 OF 6)Drawing · PDF | 19 Sept 2025 | View |
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