As a user of the planning system, I need access to all documents that form a complete planning application, including the plans, reports and technical information considered in decision-making, so that I can fully understand the proposal, its impacts and the evidence relevant to the decision.
- Priority
- high
- Status
- proposed
- Themes
- transparency, decision
- Actors
- planning-officer, member of public
- Source
- interview
Justification
Justification just-0031
The need to access all documents in a planning application is met when each document is listed against its planning application and provides both a direct document URL and a documentation URL. These two URL fields are paired to support both direct access and a readable landing page.
Satisfaction: full; Confidence: medium
Satisfied by:
All of:
See complete justification record: just-0031
Justification just-0034
Adding a readable `name` to each planning-application-document record partly supports access to documents by making document lists understandable without opening each file or inferring a title from the URL. It also partly supports distinction between current and superseded documents because users can compare document titles alongside references when reading a replacement chain. This is only a partial satisfaction because `name` does not itself provide document access, identify the current version, or explain what changed between document versions.
Satisfaction: partial; Confidence: medium
Satisfied by:
All of:
See complete justification record: just-0034