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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Mercury House 1 Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 3BQ
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Council sourceSubmission of details pursuant to condition 4 (construction management plan) and 13 (external lighting details) on planning permission 6/2016/2624/FULL, dated 14/09/2017
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Application Form - No Personal DataApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf (95 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: External Lighting ProposalE-4630-XX-(63)-500 P2.pdf (718 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comment - Public Health and Protection - WHBCComments.pdf (71 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comment - Herts Highways - HCCEmail-Planning application 6 2018 0431 COND - Mercury House.pdf (12 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: highway comments regarding lightingEmail-RE Lighting question regarding Mercury House WGC conditions .msg (68 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Construction Logistics And Traffic Management PlanQCL - Construction Logistics and Traffic Management Plan Rev2.pdf (468 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Method Statement - Disconnection And Isolation Of Existing ServicesQCL - Method Statement - Disconnection and Isolation of Existing Services(1).pdf (695 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Method Statement - Soft StripQCL - Method Statement - Soft Strip(1).pdf (671 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Construction Phase Plan - RedactedQCL - Construction Phase Plan(1)(1).pdf (1384 kb) | Not published | View |
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