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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Princes Street Fire Station Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1QJ
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Princes Street Fire Station Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1QJ
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Non Material Amendment (Section 96) of permission SCC/0081/19IP for the following items: - Block on edge outside public entrance - Aco drain added around public entrance canopy - Police phone and lantern added to public entrance - Bonded resin under existing oak tree revised to topsoil - Weldmesh fence and gate added to police entrance at rear of building, from police entrance - Steps added at rear of building, from police entrance - Substation added adjacent to rear car park - Rising arm barrier and pedestrain gate moved to entrance of rear car park - Covered cycle parking moved within rear car park - Additional planting added between rear car park and fire compound - 3no. parking spaces to rear of building reduced to 1no. - 3no. additional electric charging spaces added - Roller blinds added to training tower openings - No works to smoke house going ahead - Existing external walls demolished and replaced with new SFS walls (external finish remains the same) - External steps from dorms repositioned - Appliance bay doors changed from gold to red and glazing reduced - Gold cladding added to top of training tower - Stone cladding reduced on south elevation - Written signage over appliance bay centralised over bays
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| ApplicationformredactedApplicationFormRedacted(1).pdf ( kb) | 8 Mar 2022 | View |
| 17-0222-CDP-DR-ZZ-XX-L-2001 P5 Proposed Site Plan17-0222-CDP-DR-ZZ-XX-L-2001 P5 Proposed Site Plan.pdf ( kb) | 8 Mar 2022 | View |
| Proposed Elevations17-0222-CDP-DR-ZZ-XX-A-2001 P6 Proposed Elevations.pdf ( kb) | 8 Mar 2022 | View |
| Agent Decision LetterAgent Decision Letter.pdf ( kb) | 5 Apr 2022 | View |
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