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 9 dwellings
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/24/091
- Alternative references
- PP-12930239
- Ward
- Hednesford South, Heath Hayes East and Wimblebury
- Parish
- Hednesford CP, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury CP
- Agent
- John Mason
- UPRN
- 100031625503
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Transport StatementPSUPPSTA | Not published | View |
| Arboricultural AssessmentPSUPPSTA | Not published | View |
| Tree SurveyPPLAN | Not published | View |
| Mining Risk AssessmentPSUPPSTA | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Drainage PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Design and access statementPDNAS | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Street Elevation PlansPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Plots 7, 8 ,9 Layout and Elevation PlansPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Plots 2,3,5,6 Layout and Elevation PlansPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Plots 1-4 Layout and Elevation PlansPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 20.9.24 - Site Location PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataPAPPFRM | Not published | View |
| Premilinary Ecological AppraisalPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Stage 1 Road Safety AuditPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Environmental Database SearchPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Road Safety Audit Stage 1PSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Phase 1 Ground Gas Risk AssessmentPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Soakway TestingPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Coal Authority Mining ReportPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| Geotechnical Assessment Phase IIPSUPPSTA | 3 Apr 2024 | View |
| The Coal Authority commentPCONSULT | 8 Apr 2024 | View |
| Environmental Health commentsPCONSULT | 9 Apr 2024 | View |
| Comments receivedPNEIGHCO | 11 Apr 2024 | View |
| Cadent Gas pipe locationPPLAN | 11 Apr 2024 | View |
| Cadent Gas commentsPCONSULT | 11 Apr 2024 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 12 Apr 2024 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 12 Apr 2024 | View |
| Heath Hayes & Wimblebury PC commentsPCONSULT | 15 Apr 2024 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 23 Apr 2024 | View |
| Parks & Open Spaces commentsPCONSULT | 23 Apr 2024 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 25 Apr 2024 | View |
| Policy commentsPCONSULT | 15 May 2024 | View |
| Technical Note Jul24PADDINFO | 14 Aug 2024 | View |
| Officer ReportPOFFREP | 9 Sept 2024 | View |
| Officer Report UpdatePOFFREP | 18 Sept 2024 | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Amended - Block PLan rev.CPAPPDWG | 18 Sept 2024 | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Amended - Site Plan rev.BPAPPDWG | 18 Sept 2024 | View |
| Approved 20.09.24 - Amended - Landscape Plan rev.BPAPPDWG | 18 Sept 2024 | View |
| Bat SurveyPADDINFO | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
| Proposed Pedestrian CrossingPPLAN | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
| Swept Path AnalysisPADDPLAN | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
| Highway MPE planPADDPLAN | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
| Approved 20.9.24 - CEMPPAPPDWG | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 20 Sept 2024 | View |
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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 and documents: Location Plan 2923-01; Block Plan 2923-02C; Site Plan 2923-03B; Landscaping Plan 2923-04B; Plots 1 -4 Plans and Elevations 2923-05; Plots 2-6 Plans and Elevations 2923-06; Plots 7-9 Plans and Elevations 2923-07; Street Elevation Plans 2923-08; Drainage Strategy 16651-ABA-23-00-C-500 P04; Construction Environment Management Plan Dated 1st March 2024, produced by Hewitt and Carr Services. Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- No development shall take place until details of the finished floor levels of the buildings (in relation to surrounding land) and any other changes to the levels of the land within the site have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the agreed details. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure compliance with Local Plan Policy CP3.
- The development hereby approved shall not commence until revised details for the Entry Path radius value have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the agreed details. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
- The development hereby approved shall not commence until revised details for the proposed footpath as shown on drawings reference 2923-02 Revision C (Block Plan) have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall thereafter be implemented in accordance with the agreed details. Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
- Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, protective fencing shall be erected at the site in accordance with the details shown on drawing 2923-04. The protective fencing shall remain in place for the duration of the construction works. Reason: The existing vegetation makes an important contribution to the visual amenity of the area that should be safeguarded in accordance with Local Plan Policies CP3, CP12, CP14 and the NPPF.
- Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a Traffic Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include measures to restrict on-street parking, loading and waiting on cycleway road no. Z5084. The approved scheme shall be fully implemented prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the cycleway will remain clear and unobstructed and to accord with the NPPF.
- Prior to the construction of the development above ground level, further details of the locations of the bat and bird boxes and hedgehog corridors shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of enhancing bird/bat breeding habitat and hedgehog habitat in accordance with Policy CP12 of the Local Plan and paragraph 180 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 walls and roofs of the proposed dwellings and all external surfacing have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure compliance with Local Plan Policies CP3, CP16 and the NPPF.
- Prior to the commencement of the development above ground level, any scheme required for street lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure a good standard of development is provided in the interests of residential amenity and crime prevent and in the interests of ecology to accord with policies CP3 and CP12 of the Local Plan and the NPPF.
- The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until a scheme for the secure and covered cycle storage for the dwellings without garages has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in full prior to first occupation of the dwellings. Thereafter the secure cycle storage shall be retained and maintained for the lifetime of the development unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of protecting the air environment in accordance with the NPPF.
- Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, all vehicular accesses to the proposed dwellings onto Z5084 (the cycleway), shall have been fully constructed in accordance with Site Plan Drawing No. 2923-03. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the cycleway will remain clear and unobstructed and to accord with the NPPF
- Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the scheme shall be fully implemented in accordance with the surface and foul drainage strategy as shown on plan reference 16651-ABA-23-00-C-500 P04 (Drainage Strategy). Reason: To avoid surface water flooding in accordance with the NPPF.
- Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the bat, bird and hedgehog specification details shown on the approved landscaping plan ref: 2923- 04 shall be installed in accordance with that approved plan and the location details agreed in condition 8. Reason: In the interests of enhancing bird/bat breeding habitat and hedgehog habitat in accordance with Policy CP12 of the Local Plan and paragraph 180 of the NPPF.
- The garages shall not be used for any purpose other than the accommodation of private motor vehicles belonging to the occupiers of the dwelling or any other use which is incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling, but at no time shall be converted to additional living accommodation. Reason: To safeguard the amenities of the area, to ensure sufficient car parking is available and to reduce the potential for on-street car parking in the vicinity of the site and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policy CP3 - Chase Shaping Design and the NPPF.
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and reenacting that Order with or without modification), no development within Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Order shall be carried out without an express grant of planning permission, from the Local Planning Authority, namely: • The enlargement, improvement or other alteration of the dwellinghouse; • The enlargement of the dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof; • Any other alteration to the roof of the dwellinghouse; • The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of the dwelling; • The provision within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse of any building or enclosure, swimming or other pool required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, or the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of such a building or enclosure; • The provision within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse of a hard surface for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such; • The erection or provision within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse of a container for the storage of oil for domestic heating; or • The installation, alteration or replacement of a satellite antenna on the dwellinghouse or within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse. Reason: The Local Planning Authority considers that such development would be likely to adversely affect the amenity of neighbouring occupiers and the character of the area. It is considered to be in the public interest to require an application to enable the merits of any proposal to be assessed and to ensure compliance with Local Plan Policy CP3 - Chase Shaping - Design and the NPPF.
- Any works to be undertaken between the beginning of March and the end of August in any year, there must first be a check undertaken of the building for nesting birds and if birds are nesting then no work can be undertaken until the young have fledged. Reason: In the interests of conserving habitats and biodiversity accordance with Policy CP12 of the Local Plan and the NPPF
- Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the date of planting die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the following planting season with others of similar size and species unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity of the area. In accordance with Local Plan Policies CP3, CP12, CP14 and the NPPF.
- Construction activities and deliveries of construction materials to the site shall not take place outside of the hours of 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours Monday to Friday, 08:00 hours to 13:00 hours on Saturday and at no time on Sundays and Bank or Bank Holidays. In addition, there shall be no deliveries to the site between the hours of 08:30 to 09:15 and 15:15 to 16:00 hours on Mondays to Fridays. Reason: To ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the enjoyment by neighbouring occupiers of their properties and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policy CP3 - Chase Shaping, Design and the NPPF.
- The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Environment Management Plan (Hewitt & Carr, 1st March 2024) unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: To mitigate potential adverse impacts from construction activities on residential amenity.
- The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal by UES (ref: UES04210/01) dated 14th November 2023 and the Bat Survey by Absolute Ecology dated September 2023 unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation. Reason: In the interests of ecology and biodiversity and to accord with Policy CP12 of the Local Plan and paragraph 180 of the NPPF.
- Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the pedestrian island crossing shall be provided in accordance with drawing no. 2923-02 A (Block Plan). Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to comply with the NPPF.
- 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
- Cadent Gas Ltd own and operate the gas infrastructure within the area of your development. There may be a legal interest (easements and other rights) in the land that restrict activity in proximity to Cadent assets in private land. The applicant must ensure that the proposed works do not infringe on legal rights of access and or restrictive covenants that exist. If buildings or structures are proposed directly above the apparatus the development may only take place following diversion of the apparatus. The applicant should apply online to have apparatus diverted in advance of any works, by visiting cadentgas.com/diversions Prior to carrying out works, including the construction of access points, please register on www.linesearchbeforeudig.co.uk to submit details of the planned works for review, ensuring requirements are adhered to.
- Condition 22 requiring off-site highway works shall require a Highway Works Agreement with Staffordshire County Council. The applicant is requested to contact Staffordshire County Council in order to secure the Agreement. The link below is to the Highway Works Information Pack including an application form. Please complete and send to the address indicated on the application form or email to (trafficandnetwork@staffordshire.gov.uk). The applicant is advised to begin this process well in advance of any works taking place in order to meet any potential timescales. https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Highways/highwayscontrol/HighwaysWorkAgre ements.aspx
