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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47-49 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
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Sub-division, change of use and extension to shop (class 1) to form 1 no. hot food takeaway unit (sui generis) and 1 no. shop unit (class 1) on ground floor and 1 no. shop unit (class 1) and a 1-bedroom flat on first floor together with external flue on gable (grid ref. 294501 664952)
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| GRANT PLANNING PERMISSIONDecision · PDF | 26 Jun 2014 | View |
| HANDLING REPORTReport · PDF | 26 Jun 2014 | View |
| APPROVED PLANSApproved Plans · PDF | 26 Jun 2014 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
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Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.