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
Erection of 2 storey block of 2 x 2 bedroom flats and 3 bedroom bungalow
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/23/0417
- Alternative references
- PP-12652079
- Ward
- Cannock West
- Agent
- DAVID REYNOLDS
- UPRN
- 200003094129
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Planning statementPSUPPSTA | Not published | View |
| Approved 26.2.24 - Bungalow Floor and Elevation PlansPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 26.2.24 - Proposed Site PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Existing Site PlanPPLAN | Not published | View |
| Approved 26.2.24 - Site Location PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Application Form RedactedPAPPFRM | Not published | View |
| Environmental Health commentsPCONSULT | 19 Dec 2023 | View |
| Parks & Open Spaces commentsPCONSULT | 19 Dec 2023 | View |
| SCC Highways commentsPCONSULT | 20 Dec 2023 | View |
| Policy commentsPCONSULT | 29 Dec 2023 | View |
| Approved 26.2.24 - Street ScenePAPPDWG | 20 Feb 2024 | View |
| Approved 26.2.24 - Proposed floor pans & elevationsPAPPDWG | 20 Feb 2024 | View |
| Officer ReportPOFFREP | 26 Feb 2024 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 26 Feb 2024 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Publicity end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
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Council sourceExtension date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date on which this permission is granted. Reason To comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Proposed Site Plan 2022:65:22 Bungalow Floor Plans and Elevations 2022:65:25 Proposed Street Scene 2022:65:25 Proposed Flat building elevations and plans 2022:65:23A Reason For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The development hereby permitted shall not be commenced until a noise insulation and ventilation scheme for protecting the proposed dwellings from traffic noise has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. All works which form part of the scheme shall be completed before any of the dwellings are occupied. Reason To ensure a satisfactory standard of residential environment and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policy CP3 - Chase Shaping, Design and the NPPF.
- No dwelling hereby permitted shall be completed above ground floor level until a scheme for the provision of bat boxes and bird nesting boxes has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall indicate the plots to be provided with bat boxes, which shall be either integrated into the roof or attached to the house in question, and their height and location. Any dwelling shown to be host to such a bat roost shall be completed in accordance with the approved scheme. Reason In the interests of enhancing habitat in accordance with Policy CP12 of the Local Plan and paragraphs 170, 175, 177, 179 of the NPPF.
- No part of the development hereby approved shall be undertaken above ground level until details of the materials to be used for the external surfaces have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Reason In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure compliance with Local Plan Policies CP3, CP15, CP16, and the NPPF.
- The proposed turning and parking areas as shown on the approved drawing labelled Proposed Site Plan Drawing No. 2022:65:22 shall be sustainably drained, hard surfaced in a bound material and marked out prior to occupation of the proposal hereby permitted. Thereafter these parking areas shall be retained in accordance with the approved plans for the lifetime of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of highway safety
- Before the development is brought into use, the existing site access as shown on the Approved Site Plan shall be permanently closed and the access crossing reinstated as footway with full height kerbs. Reason: In the interests of Highway Safety
- Prior to the commencement of the development, a Construction Management Plan (CMP) shall be submitted in writing to and for approval by the Local Planning Authority. The CMP shall provide details on how construction work would be undertaken in a manner that minimises disruption to traffic and pedestrians on Hednesford Road and adjacent to the application site. The plan shall demonstrate earthworks within the site can be phased and undertaken to avoid impacting neighbouring land and shall include details of proposed access routing, site welfare, site office, materials storage and operative parking. The CMP shall be implemented as approved and shall endure until the development hereby approved is complete. REASON: To protect amenity and reduce impacts on the highway in the context of the site in accordance with Local Plan Policy CP3 and NPPF para 174.
- Construction activities which are audible beyond the site boundary, including deliveries and ground works, shall be restricted to the following times: 08:00 – 18:00 Monday to Friday. 08:00 – 13:00 Saturday. Construction shall not be undertaken on a Sunday or a public holiday. Reason: To mitigate potential adverse impacts from construction noise on residential amenity.
- In accordance with paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework the Local Planning Authority has worked with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner to approve the proposed development, which accords with the Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The existing vehicular access crossing to the site shall be reinstated to footway. Please note that prior to the reinstatement works taking place you require a Permit to Dig. Please contact Staffordshire County Council at Traffic and Network,Staffordshire Place 1,Wedgwood Building,Tipping Street,STAFFORD,Staffordshire,ST16 2DH. (or email to trafficandnetwork@staffordshire.gov.uk)
