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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The Frythe, 5 Digswell Hill, WELWYN, AL6 9AR
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Council sourceDischarge of conditions 9(Phasing), 11(Site Access), 12(Visibility Splays), 19(Buffer Zone) and partial discharge of conditions 1(Landscaping), 10(Highways), 14(Remediation Strategy), 20(Archaeology), 23(Highway design and surface Water Drainage) & 31(Lighting Details) in relation to Stage 2 enabling works of planning permission N6/2012/1778/OP - Planning permission is sought for the provision of site access, central spine road and the local widening of the access road footway and means of perimeter enclosure. Outline permission is sought for up to 27,773sqm of new residential floorspace, excluding garages, (Use Class C3) (GEA) with a built footprint of up to 18,500sqm, providing up to 182 residential units of up to 3.5 residential storeys, together with the retention and conversion of the Frythe building providing up to 14 units (to provide a total of up to 196 units across the site), implementation of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems and remodelling and ecological enhancements to the existing pond, service diversions and associated connections and ancillary structures, means of perimeter enclosure and associated structures, the laying out of footpaths and associated access points, bus infrastructure and car parking, provision of soft and hard landscape schemes, including the boundary buffer treatment, playspace and lighting
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| Document | Published | Action |
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| Description: officers response (DMS Info Document: 762938 Page No(s).: 1)01314584.pdf (23 kb) | Not published | View |
| Description: discharge of conditions except 11 and 12 (DMS Info Document: 774898 Page No(s).: 1)01334287.pdf (31 kb) | Not published | View |
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