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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Royal Hotel And Princess Caroline House 1 High Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1JE
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Royal Hotel And Princess Caroline House 1 High Street Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 1JE
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View council mapChange of use of the second and third floor of Royal Hotel and all floors within Princess Caroline House to from commercial (Class E) to residential (Class C3), internal alterations to all areas to form 17 self-contained flats, minor alterations to roof, associated internal and external alterations including the installation of an external fire escape stair to the rear of the building and alterations within the first floor of Royal Hotel to facilitate fire escape access and layout parking, bin and cycle storage to rear
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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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.