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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River Thames Scheme - EIA Scoping Spelthorne Borough Council Knowle Green Staines-upon-Thames
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Council sourceConsultation by the Environment Agency and Surrey County Council on an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report for the River Thames Scheme in the Borough. (Scoping is the stage that sets out what needs to be assessed in the EIA to help define how to approach the assessment and what information may be needed to identify the likely significant effects from the development. The EIA will be submitted at a later date as part of the formal planning process).
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| FINAL SCOPING OPINIONDecision Notice · PDF | 2 Nov 2022 | View |
| ACKFUL ACK LETTER FOR FULLCorrespondence · PDF | 10 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT OCT 2022Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 1Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 2Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 3Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 4Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 5Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 6Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX A PACK 7Correspondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX B TO GCorrespondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX H TO JCorrespondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX KCorrespondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | View |
| SCOPING REPORT APPENDIX L TO NCorrespondence · PDF | 6 Oct 2022 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.