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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Land At Shepherds Grove Industrial Estate East Sumner Road Hepworth Suffolk
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Council sourceEIA screening opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017 on the matter of whether or not the proposed development is considered that there are likely significant environmental impacts for which an environmental statement would be required - proposed hybrid planning application incorporating a full application for a new roundabout, internal spine road and related landscaping, infrastructure and works, together with site perimeter landscaping, and an outline application for phased development (where each phase shall be severable being an independent act of development) including buildings and/or use under Use Classes E (g) and/or B2 and/or B8 and/or ancillary uses to include associated works and infrastructure
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| SCC HIGHWAYS - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 29 May 2026 | View |
| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY - NO COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 29 May 2026 | View |
| SCREENING OPINIONDecision Correspondence · PDF | 29 May 2026 | View |
| SCREENING OPINION EXERCISEDecision Correspondence · PDF | 29 May 2026 | View |
| ECOLOGY - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 29 May 2026 | View |
| HEPWORTH PARISH COUNCIL - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 May 2026 | View |
| NATURAL ENGLAND - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 22 May 2026 | View |
| SCC FLOODS & WATER - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 21 May 2026 | View |
| STANTON PARISH COUNCIL - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 15 May 2026 | View |
| ENV TEAM (CONTAM LAND AND AIR QUALITY) - COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 12 May 2026 | View |
| EIA SCREENING REQUEST - PART 1Supporting Documents · PDF | 1 May 2026 | View |
| EIA SCREENING REQUEST - PART 2Supporting Documents · PDF | 1 May 2026 | View |
| COVER LETTERSupporting Documents · PDF | 29 Apr 2026 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications. Compare status labels and find the documents explaining each outcome.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.