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.
Application overview
Continued change of use for detached garage to be used as a cafe/snack supplies A3
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/23/0299
- Ward
- Etching Hill and The Heath
- Parish
- Brindley Heath CP
- UPRN
- MAN000000000119286
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Approved 11.12.23 - Location planPAPPDWG | 26 Oct 2023 | View |
| Approved 11.12.23 - Block planPAPPDWG | 26 Oct 2023 | View |
| Approved 11.12.23 - Layout planPAPPDWG | 26 Oct 2023 | View |
| Application formPAPPFRM | 26 Oct 2023 | View |
| Rights of Way Officer commentsPCONSULT | 3 Nov 2023 | View |
| Environmental Health commentsPCONSULT | 10 Nov 2023 | View |
| Brindley Heath PC commentsPCONSULT | 23 Nov 2023 | View |
| SCC Highways commentsPCONSULT | 8 Dec 2023 | View |
| Officer ReportPOFFREP | 11 Dec 2023 | View |
| decision noticePDECNOT | 12 Dec 2023 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Site notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceConsultation expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourcePublicity end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
decision noticePlanning conditions
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Location plan, block plan and layout plan all received by the Local Planning Authority on 26th October 2023. Reason For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The premises shall not be open for business outside the hours of 10am to 2pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am to 5pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays and at no time on Mondays or Tuesdays. Reason: To ensure that the proposed development operates at hours corresponding to the use of the local footpath and cycle path network.
- The development hereby permitted shall remain ancillary to Crossing Cottage and shall not be sold, let or occupied independently. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
- Notwithstanding the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (as amended) (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no advertisements shall be displayed for the development hereby approved unless agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that the facility hereby approved is only used by pedestrians and cyclists using the bridge crossing adjacent to the application site, in the interests of highway safety.
- The premises shall not operate without the provision of a litter bin within the frontage area. Reason In the interests of the amenity of the wider area.
- The proposed development lies within a coal mining area which may contain unrecorded coal mining related hazards. If any coal mining feature is encountered during development, this should be reported immediately to the Coal Authority on 0345 762 6848. Further information is also available on the Coal Authority website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-coal-authority
- Public Bridleway No.0.306 Brindley Heath runs along an access road to the application site, along Marquis Drive (occupying the full width of the road between boundaries). The granting of planning permission does not constitute authority for any interference with the public right of way and associated items - or its obstruction (temporary or permanent). NPPF 100 states that: Planning policies and decisions should protect and enhance public rights of way and access, including taking opportunities to provide better facilities for users, for example by adding links to existing rights of way networks including National Trails. Where private rights exist that allow the use of vehicles along a bridleway, drivers of vehicles must give way to pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders. In the absence of private rights, driving a vehicle on a public right of way is a criminal offence. It is important that users of the path are still able to exercise their public rights safely and that the path is reinstated if any damage to the surface occurs as a result of the proposed development.
