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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77 Shaftesbury Road Watford WD17 2RG
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77 Shaftesbury Road Watford WD17 2RG
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View council mapThe erection of a single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.02m for which the maximum height would be 3.15m and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.60m
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| HPD DECISIONDecision · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| OFFICER REPORTOfficer Report · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| Application FormApplication Form · PDF | 13 Oct 2025 | View |
| BLOCKDrawing · PDF | 13 Oct 2025 | View |
| EXISTING AND PROPSED ELEVATIONS, SECTIONS AND ROOFDrawing · PDF | 13 Oct 2025 | View |
| EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND AND FIRST FLOORDrawing · PDF | 13 Oct 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.