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 Swanpool Walk & Christopher Whitehead School, Worcester
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Land at Swanpool Walk & Christopher Whitehead School, Worcester
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Demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a new foodstore (Class A1) and associated access arrangements, customer car park, recycling centre and service yard; replacement retail unit (Class A1); replacement Sports Centre (Class D2) and associated access arrangements and car park; demolition of 19a St John's and Transcad building together with part demolition to unit to the rear of unit 19, sub-division of Unit 19 to create two individual retail units (Class A1) and new replacement Youth Centre (Class D1); new and replacement all weather sports pitches and courts; and associated highway, car parking, footpath, landscape, and other works and improvements (amendments to schemes permitted under Planning Permission References: P99C0440, P99C0441, P00C0016, P00C0017).
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| P07C0408_DecisionNotice_31935.pdf12. Decision Notice | 6 Oct 2014 | View |
| P07C0408-PLANS_4.pdf.pdfOther Documents | 7 Sept 2012 | View |
| P07C0408-PLANS_3.pdf.pdfOther Documents | 7 Sept 2012 | View |
| P07C0408-PLANS_1.pdf.pdfOther Documents | 7 Sept 2012 | View |
| P07C0408-PLANS.pdf.pdfOther Documents | 7 Sept 2012 | View |
| S106 294Section 106 document | 23 Apr 2025 | View |
| S106 294 Sainsburys Supermarkets Part 1Section 106 document | 23 Apr 2025 | View |
| S106 294 Sainsburys Supermarkets Part 2Section 106 document | 23 Apr 2025 | View |
| S106 294 DoV OnlySection 106 document | 23 Apr 2025 | 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Understand pending consideration, approved, refused and withdrawn planning applications.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.