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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Commonswood School The Commons Welwyn Garden City AL7 4RU
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Description: Application Form - Redactedplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17_redacted.pdf (4120 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: HCC Land Asset Planplan_cp_11-06-2018_11-28-04.pdf (376 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Proposedplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (5)_1.pdf (36 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Existing planplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (5)_2.pdf (36 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Proposed plan/and existingplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (7)_1.pdf (109 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Existing and proposedplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (7)_2.pdf (208 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographsplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (9)_2.pdf (153 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographsplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (9)_3.pdf (150 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: Photographsplan_gh_07-06-2018_11-19-17 (9)_4.pdf (232 kb) | Not published | View |
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