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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 the use of an outbuilding from a garden room to a beauty salon
Proposal details
- Reference
- CH/26/139
- Alternative references
- PP-14869734
- Ward
- Hednesford Green Heath
- Parish
- Hednesford CP
- UPRN
- 100031617737
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Design and access statementPDNAS | 29 Apr 2026 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataPAPPFRM | 29 Apr 2026 | View |
| Approved 23.7.26 - Block PlanPAPPDWG | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Approved 23.7.26 - Existing PlanPAPPDWG | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Approved 23.7.26 - Existing Floor Plan InternalPAPPDWG | 14 May 2026 | View |
| Photos/InformationPSUPINFO | 28 May 2026 | View |
| Approved 23.7.26 - Amended - Location PlanPAPPDWG | 1 Jun 2026 | View |
| Environmental Health CommentsPCONSULT | 4 Jun 2026 | View |
| Environmental Health commentsPCONSULT | 10 Jun 2026 | View |
| Hednesford Town Council commentsPCONSULT | 17 Jun 2026 | View |
| Sequential TestPADDINFO | 23 Jun 2026 | View |
| Officer reportPOFFREP | 23 Jul 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticePDECNOT | 23 Jul 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Publicity end date
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Council sourceDecision due date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- Reason for Grant of 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, which accords with the Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- 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: • Location Plan - PP-14869734v1 – 28th April 2026 • Block Plan • External floor layout • Internal floor layout Reason For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- The beauty salon hereby permitted shall operate only between the following hours: • Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 09:00 to 17:00 • Thursday: 09:00 to 20:00 • Saturday: 09:00 to 14:00 The premises shall not be open to customers on Mondays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. 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 SO2.2 and the NPPF.
- The beauty salon hereby permitted shall operate on an appointment-only basis. There shall be no more than one member of staff (either full or part time) and one client in the salon at any one time. No more than six client appointments shall take place on any working day. Appointments shall be arranged so that there is a minimum period of 15 minutes between the end of one appointment and the commencement of the next appointment. The owner/operator shall maintain an up-to-date booking register for the business, including the date and time of each appointment and a unique identifier for each booking. The register shall be retained for a minimum period of 12 months and shall be made available for inspection by the Local Planning Authority within four weeks of a written request. Reason To ensure that the scale and intensity of the use remains compatible with he residential character of the area and the proposed development does not prejudice the enjoyment by neighbouring occupiers of their properties and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policy SO2.2- Safeguarding Health and Amenity and the NPPF.
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (or any order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification), the outbuilding shall be used only as a beauty salon as hereby approved and for no other purpose, including any other use falling within Class E of the said Order. When the beauty salon use hereby permitted ceases to exist, the outbuilding shall thereafter only be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse identified as 15 Buckthorn Close and it shall not be occupied or sold off separately as an independent unit. Reason To ensure that the proposed development remains compatible with the residential character of the area and does not prejudice the enjoyment by neighbouring occupiers of their properties and to ensure compliance with the Local Plan Policy SO2.2 and the NPPF
