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The first step you should take is to enter your address or the address of the area about which you wish to enquire.
To do this, select [Find an Address]
Then enter as much of the address as you know in the address panel and hit Search.
The more you enter the shorter the list of addresses you will have to select from.
The matching address entries will be displayed both as text and a small location plan beneath the map.
If you do not see the entry you require in the list either click on the Next or Previous buttons or narrow your search by entering more of the address in the address panel.
To select an address simply click on the entry in the list.
[In this example we just entered "civic" which then shows a list of addresses which contain "civic" in the address.]
You will be asked if you wish to make the chosen address your default location. This will mean that when you subsequently perform steps like "Find my closest..." this location will be taken as the centre point for the searches.
Click OK to set the address as your default location or click Cancel.
When you click OK this stores a cookie of your address, which is purely used for accessing the map information - nothing else.
What is a cookie?
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The map will be re-drawn to position the centre of the map at the chosen location with a balloon and green arrow highlighting the address.
You will also notice the address in the top banner above the map.
If at any point you wish to find another address you may perform this function by selecting [Find an Address] again.
If you have re-positioned the map using any of the map tools then you may find your chosen location again by clicking on [Show on map].
To remove your default location, simply click on [Clear from map].
You are now ready to use the Show My Closest... functionality. This will allow you to find details of information in your area.
To do this first click on Environment and Planning and then simply select the small balloon 
to the left of the Last 3 months applications.
The map will be re-displayed showing the nearest planning applications highlighted on the map with numbered balloons with number 1 being the nearest, by their distance away, to your selected location.
Below the map you will see all of the information about each application
If the heading is highlighted in green, as it is in the screenshot below, clicking on it will link you to the actual planning application.
If you wish to view an entry in more detail on the map there are two ways of doing this.
Click on the link "View xxx on map" (where xxx is the description of the entry) which will display the planning application in the centre of the map highlighted by a green arrow.
Use the Zoom In tool by clicking on the button with the mouse and then either clicking on a point on the map to zoom in a level or click and hold down the left mouse button to define an area to which you wish to zoom.
You may clear all of the Show My Closest entries by clicking on the Clear Queries entry at the bottom of the layers list.
