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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Abington Primary School Carlisle Road Abington Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6SD
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Abington Primary School Carlisle Road Abington Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6SD
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View council mapChange of use of former primary school to form a community and business centre, including extensions and alterations to the building, and formation of car parking
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Grant detailed permissionDecision | 4 Mar 2020 | View |
| Important notesDecision | 4 Mar 2020 | View |
| Officer reportReport | 4 Mar 2020 | View |
| Proposed site layoutApproved drawing · PDF | 26 Feb 2020 | View |
| Existing site layoutApproved drawing · PDF | 26 Feb 2020 | View |
| Location planApproved drawing · PDF | 26 Feb 2020 | View |
| Advert - lanark gazetteAdvert · PDF | 16 Dec 2019 | View |
| Location planSuperseded drawing · PDF | 2 Dec 2019 | View |
| Site planSuperseded drawing · PDF | 2 Dec 2019 | View |
| Planning permissionCorrespondence · PDF | 2 Dec 2019 | View |
| Block planSuperseded drawing · PDF | 26 Nov 2019 | View |
| Location planSuperseded drawing · PDF | 26 Nov 2019 | View |
| Application pdfApplication Form · PDF | 26 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed site layoutSuperseded drawing · PDF | 14 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed first floor planApproved drawing · PDF | 14 Nov 2019 | View |
| Preliminaries drainage strategySupporting Information · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Existing ground floor planApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Existing first floor planApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Existing elevationsApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Existing roof planApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Topographical surveySupporting Information · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed site layoutSuperseded drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed ground floor planApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed ground floor planSuperseded drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed front and side elevationsApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed rear and side elevationsApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed roof planApproved drawing · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Proposed elevation material studySupporting Information · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | View |
| Application pdfApplication Form · PDF | 12 Nov 2019 | 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.