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
Change of use of the land to provide a car park extension with other associated works
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/25/0097
- Alternative references
- PP-13854645
- Ward
- Western Springs
- Parish
- Brereton and Ravenhill CP
- Agent
- Laura Beech
- UPRN
- MAN000000000121901
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Proposed Car Park ExtensionPPLAN | Not published | View |
| Existing Site PlanPSITEPLA | Not published | View |
| Approved 13.3.26 - Site Location PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataPAPPFRM | Not published | View |
| Cover Letter - redactedPSUPPSTA | 28 Mar 2025 | View |
| Geo-Environmental Desk Study - redactedPSUPPSTA | 28 Mar 2025 | View |
| Geo-Environmental Desk Study - redactedPSUPPSTA | 28 Mar 2025 | View |
| Canals & Rivers CommentsPCONSULT | 1 Apr 2025 | View |
| Environment Agency commentsPCONSULT | 2 Apr 2025 | View |
| Guidance Note attached to Env Agency commentsPCONSULT | 2 Apr 2025 | View |
| Env Health commentsPCONSULT | 4 Apr 2025 | View |
| Ecology officer commentsPCONSULT | 10 Apr 2025 | View |
| Police CommentsPCONSULT | 15 Apr 2025 | View |
| Highways commentsPCONSULT | 17 Apr 2025 | View |
| Flood Team commentsPCONSULT | 28 May 2025 | View |
| Amended - BNG MetricPAMDPLAN | 26 Jun 2025 | View |
| Ecology CommentsPCONSULT | 8 Jul 2025 | View |
| Approved 13.3.26 - Amended - Proposed Site Plan rev.BPAPPDWG | 8 Oct 2025 | View |
| CGI Visual photo - post developmentPPHOTO | 8 Oct 2025 | View |
| Amended - Arboricultral impact assessment Oct25 P02PAMDPLAN | 8 Oct 2025 | View |
| Parks & Open Spaces commentsPCONSULT | 21 Oct 2025 | View |
| Amended - BNG MetricPAMDPLAN | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Amended - Ecological AppraisalPAMDPLAN | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Baseline Habitats PlanPADDPLAN | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Post Development Habitats PlanPADDPLAN | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Ecology Officer further commentsPCONSULT | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Ecology Officer further commentsPCONSULT | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Ecology Officer further commentsPCONSULT | 10 Mar 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportPOFFREP | 13 Mar 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 13 Mar 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due 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 sourceStatutory 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 sourceExtension date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- The effect of paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is that, subject to some exemptions, every grant of planning permission in England is deemed to have been granted subject to the biodiversity gain condition that development may not begin unless: (a) a Biodiversity Gain Plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. This objective is for development to deliver at least a 10% increase in biodiversity value relative to the pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat. This increase can be achieved through onsite biodiversity gains, registered offsite biodiversity gains or statutory biodiversity credits, in that order of priority. Based on the information available this permission is considered to be one which WILL require the approval of a Biodiversity Gain Plan before development is begun because none of the statutory exemptions or transitional arrangements are considered to apply. There are statutory exemptions and transitional arrangements which mean that the biodiversity gain condition does not always apply. These can be found at Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The planning authority, for the purposes of determining whether to approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan in respect of this permission is Cannock Chase Council. The Biodiversity Gain Plan should be submitted as an ‘application for approval of details reserved by condition following grant of planning permission’ via the Planning Portal. When applying to discharge the biodiversity gain condition the LPA requests that the applicant uses the standard national templates for a Biodiversity Gain Plan and a Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan. Submit a biodiversity gain plan - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The biodiversity gain condition cannot be removed or varied.
- No development above slab level shall take place until a plan demonstrating how the development hereby approved will integrate with the future layout and use of the adjacent plot of land to the north, as shown within the blue line boundary on DWG ref. Location Plan PL-20, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The plan shall include details of the car parking spaces and identify any areas of landscaping along the shared boundary. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details insofar as they relate to the application site. Reason To ensure the comprehensive and coordinated development of the application site and adjoining land, and to avoid prejudicing the future development potential of the adjacent site, in accordance with the principles of the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: PL26-B Proposed Site Plan 190343 PL-20 - Location Plan Reason For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- 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 scheme shall take place in full accordance with the Tree Removal and Protection Plan (Appendix D) contained within the Arboricultural Impact Assessment produced by RPS group and dated 6th October 2025. The measures shall remain in place throughout the construction period. Reason The existing vegetation makes an important contribution to the visual amenity of the area. In accordance with Local Plan Policies CP3, CP12, CP14 and the NPPF.
- The car parking areas as shown on the drawing number PL26-B Proposed Site Plan shall be hard surfaced in a bound material and marked out accordingly prior to the first use. Thereafter these parking/servicing areas shall be retained in accordance with the approved plans for the lifetime of the development. Reason In the interest of highway safety.
- Coal Authority 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
- 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.
