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.
Council planning record
Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NN
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Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Middlemuir Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0NN
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View council mapNon-Material Variation to re-align access track spur to Turbine 1
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Non-material variation decision noticeDecision | 5 Jun 2020 | View |
| Variation application formApplication Form · PDF | 2 Jun 2020 | View |
| Correspondence from natural powerCorrespondence · PDF | 2 Jun 2020 | View |
| Spur realignmentApproved drawing · PDF | 2 Jun 2020 | View |
| Site general arrangementApproved drawing · PDF | 2 Jun 2020 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.