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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5 Downlands Road Olivers Battery Winchester Hampshire SO22 4ET
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We would like to build (under permitted development) a garden room in our rear garden. It will have the following dimensions: Width up to 4.5m; Depth up to 3.6m; height no more than 2.5m; external footprint 16.2m; internal 14.5m sq. It will be south facing and have a french door with one standard window (1.2 x 1m) either side of the french doors. It will be of a grey colour to match the external windows of the main property. The new garden room will be located over 1m from the boundary with our neighbour (No3 Downlands Rd) to to the west side of our property. Roof drainage will be be means of guttering to the ground. This building will actually replace a large wooden playhouse in the same location which is approaximately half the size of the proposed garden room and 2.5m in height.No new access is required and no other changes to any part of the property will be needed
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| ReportReport | 23 Jan 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice · PDF | 23 Jan 2026 | View |
| DrawingDrawing | 2 Jan 2026 | View |
| GARDEN OFFICE LOCATIONDrawing · PDF | 23 Nov 2025 | View |
| LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Nov 2025 | View |
| PLAYHOUSE LOCATIONDrawing · PDF | 23 Nov 2025 | View |
| APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATAApplication Form · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | View |
| THE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 4 Nov 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.