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 a detached 3-bed dwelling
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/26/108
- Alternative references
- PP-14751159
- Ward
- Etching HIll & the Heath
- Parish
- Brindley Heath CP
- Agent
- JOHN REYNOLDS
- UPRN
- 200003093948
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Refused 25.6.26 - Green Belt StatementPREFDWG | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Proposed Floor Plan and ElevationsPREFDWG | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Proposed Site PlanPREFDWG | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Existing Site PlanPREFDWG | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Location PlanPREFDWG | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataPAPPFRM | 4 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Field and Forest ConservationPREFDWG | 26 Mar 2026 | View |
| BNG Self AssessmentPSUPINFO | 26 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Flood MapPREFDWG | 26 Mar 2026 | View |
| Refused 25.6.26 - Planning StatementPREFDWG | 2 Apr 2026 | View |
| Env Health commentsPCONSULT | 7 Apr 2026 | View |
| Highways commentsPCONSULT | 10 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 16 Apr 2026 | View |
| Brindley Heath PC commentsPCONSULT | 22 Apr 2026 | View |
| Ecology Officer commentsPCONSULT | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 23 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| Policy commentsPCONSULT | 24 Apr 2026 | View |
| Objection receivedPNEIGHCO | 27 Apr 2026 | View |
| Parks & Open Spaces commentsPCONSULT | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Officer C'ttee ReportPOFFREP | 15 Jun 2026 | View |
| Officer C'ttee Report - updatePOFFREP | 24 Jun 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 25 Jun 2026 | 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
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 site lies within the West Midlands Green Belt. The proposed erection of a new detached dwelling, together with associated residential curtilage and associated paraphernalia, access and parking works would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The proposal does not meet any of the exceptions as set out in paragraph 154 of the National Planning Policy Framework. By reason of its siting, scale and the introduction of domestic built form and activity on this open site, the proposal would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with the purposes of including land within it, in particular safeguarding the countryside from encroachment and checking unrestricted sprawl. In accordance with paragraph 153 of the National Planning Policy Framework, inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and substantial weight is attached to that harm. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated that would clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm arising from the proposal. The proposal is therefore contrary to paragraphs 142, 143, 153 and 154 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies SO7.5 SO7.6 of the Cannock Chase Local Plan 2018–2040.
- Reason for Refusal of Planning Permission 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. However, in this instance the proposal fails to accord with the Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
