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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Empire House Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City AL7 1FY
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Council sourceSubmission of details pursuant to condition 1 (waste and recycling storage), 2 (risk assessment related to contamination), 3 (approved scheme of remediation), 4 (scheme to monitor remediation), 7 (construction management plan), 10 (surface water drainage scheme) and 12 (landscaping details of green walls) on planning permission 6/2016/2690/MAJ, dated 20/04/2017
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Planning Condition 12 - Green WallsC.12 GREEN WALLS.pdf (143 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Application Form - RedactedApplicationFormNoPersonalData.pdf (93 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Planning Condition 2,3 & 4 - investigating contaminated land - redactedc. 2 3 4(1).pdf (188 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Traffic Management Plan From agentCNH002 Xerox Site Traffic Management Plan.pdf (276 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Xerox Site Traffic Management PlanCNH002 Xerox Site Traffic Management Plan.pdf (276 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comments - Herts Highways - HCCEmail-Planning application 6 2018 0547 COND - Empire House.pdf (13 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Comments - Lead Local Flood Authority620180547CND- LLFA 22.03.18.pdf (148 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Decision Notice PDFDS Response Letter_620180547COND(1).pdf (51 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Construction Method StatementC.7 CMP X5 BESSEMER ROAD.pdf (108 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Planning Condition 1 - waste and recycling storageC.1 BIN CYCLE STORE.pdf (91 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Condition 10 - Report - redactedX5 Condition 10 Report (003)(1)(1).pdf (1914 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Drainage LayoutC.10 752-X5-07-01Rev0 Drainage Layout.pdf (360 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Contaminated Land response from Roger EvansEHO CONTAMINATED LAND.pdf (57 kb) | Not published | View |
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