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 ancillary storage building and ancillary storage canopy, anchored to a new concrete base.
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/25/0121
- Alternative references
- PP-13896637
- Ward
- Hednesford Hills & Rawnsley
- Agent
- Joseph Higgins
- UPRN
- MAN000000000121995
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Planning StatementPSUPPSTA | Not published | View |
| Approved 10.7.25 - Proposed Plans and ElevationsPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 10.7.25 - Proposed Plans and ElevationsPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Approved 10.7.25 - Proposed Site Location PlanPAPPDWG | Not published | View |
| Rights of Way commentsPCONSULT | 16 Apr 2025 | View |
| Environmental Health CommentsPCONSULT | 23 Apr 2025 | View |
| The Coal Authority commentsPCONSULT | 23 Apr 2025 | View |
| Landscape CommentsPCONSULT | 7 May 2025 | View |
| Highways commentsPCONSULT | 9 Jun 2025 | View |
| Officer ReportPOFFREP | 10 Jul 2025 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 10 Jul 2025 | 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 sourceSite notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- This permission expires on 10th July 2030 and on or before this date the use shall be discontinued and the buildings/works carried out removed and the site restored, so far as is reasonably possible to its condition immediately prior to the commencement of the development. Reason In order to enable the effect of the development on the surrounding area to be assessed and reviewed, if necessary and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policies CP3 - Chase Shaping - Design.
- No materials shall be used for the external surfaces of the development other than those specified on the application, except with the written approval of 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 development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: • 25016-SDA-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-0200 Prop Location Plan/P1 • 25016-SDA-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-0202 Prop Plans Elevs/P2 • 25016-SDA-ZZ-ZZ-DR-A-0201 Prop Plans Elevs/P2 Reason For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The proposed car parking as shown on the approved Drawing Number 25016-SDA-ZZ-ZZ-RR-A 0200 ‘Proposed Location Plan’ shall be sustainably drained, hard surfaced in a bound material and marked out prior to the first occupation of the building hereby permitted. Thereafter these parking areas should be clear of obstructions and permanently remain available for car parking for the lifetime of the development. Reason In the interest of highway safety.
- Notwithstanding any details shown on the approved plans no development shall be commenced above ground level until details indicating the following have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority: - Details of secure and weatherproof cycle parking facilities within the curtilage of the site. The parking shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and be completed prior to first occupation and shall thereafter be retained as such for the lifetime of the development. Reason In the interest of highway safety.
- Coal Authority The proposed development lies within an area that has been defined by the Mining Remediation Authority as containing coal mining features at surface or shallow depth. These features may include mine entries (shafts and adits); shallow coal workings; geological features (fissures and break lines); mine gas and former surface mining sites. Although such features are seldom readily visible, they can often be present and problems can occur, particularly because of new development taking place. Any intrusive activities which disturb or enter any coal seams, coal mine workings or coal mine entries (shafts and adits) requires a Mining Remediation Authority Permit. Such activities could include site investigation boreholes, excavations for foundations, piling activities, other ground works and any subsequent treatment of coal mine workings and coal mine entries for ground stability purposes. Application forms for Mining Remediation Authority permission and further guidance can be obtained from The Mining Remediation Authority’s website at: www.gov.uk/get-a-permit-to-deal-with-a-coal-mine-on-your-property What is a permit and how to get one? – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permit-process/permit-process In areas where shallow coal seams are present caution should be taken when carrying out any on site burning or heat focused activities. If any future development has the potential to encounter coal seams which require excavating, for example excavation of building foundations, service trenches, development platforms, earthworks, non-coal mineral operations, an Incidental Coal Agreement will be required. Further information regarding Incidental Coal Agreements can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incidental-coal-agreement/guidancenotes-for-applicants-for-incidental-coal-agreements If any coal mining features are unexpectedly encountered during development, this should be reported immediately to the Mining Remediation Authority on 0800 288 4242. Further information is available on the Mining Remediation Authority website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/mining-remediation-authority.
- Public Rights of Way Public Footpath No.29 Cannock Town runs immediately north of the access lane to the application site. 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). This is the case both during the building stage or once the development is completed should the permission be granted. The term obstruction, in this context, applies to items such as gates or stiles which are regarded as licenced obstructions which must be sanctioned by the highway’s authority, and to any vehicles parking on the right of way, including those associated with construction. NPPF 104. 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. Users of the path must be able to exercise their public rights safely and the path be reinstated if any damage to the surface occurs because of the proposed development.
