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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Sawston Greenway Cambridgeshire
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Sawston Greenway Cambridgeshire
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View council mapEIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a new non-motorised shared use path (also referred to as a Greenway) for use by cyclists, pedestrians and where possible horse-riders, linking Sawston to Cambridge city centre, via the villages of Great Shelford and Stapleford. From north to south, the Greenway would begin in Cambridge at the intersection between Long Road (A1134) and Robinson Way on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), extending along Robinson Way and then following Francis Crick Avenue south to join the Genome Path. The route would then follow the Genome Path until linking into the village of Great Shelford at Charston Road and passing behind Shelford train station. Exiting Great Shelford, the route goes south-east through Stapleford village connecting to London Road (A1301).
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| EIA SREENING MATRIXEIA Screening Opinion | 24 Sept 2026 | View |
| COVER EMAILApplication Information · PDF | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
| EIA SCREENING OPINION REQUEST EMAILApplication Information · PDF | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
| ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTApplication Survey / Assessment / Statement · PDF | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
| EIA SCREENING REQUESTApplication Information · PDF | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
| COVER LETTERApplication Information · PDF | 28 Aug 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.