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
Lawful development certificate for a proposed loft conversion with hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer and roof lights to front elevation
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0032
- Alternative references
- PP-14588362
- Development type
- Lawful Dev Cert (section 192)
- Ward
- Brockmoor & Pensnett
- Agent
- Pitt
- UPRN
- MAN000000000320873
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Location planDCLOCPLN | 12 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed east side elevationDCELEVAT | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed first floor planDCFLOPLN | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed front elevationDCELEVAT | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed ground floor planDCFLOPLN | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed loft floor planDCFLOPLN | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed rear elevationDCELEVAT | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed roof planDCFLOPLN | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Existing and proposed west side elevationDCELEVAT | 29 Jan 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportDCPUBLIC | 9 Feb 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCDECIS | 9 Feb 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 source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- 1) The proposed development constitutes permitted development as the proposal would comply with the prescribed limits of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B and Class C of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). For the above reason planning permission is not required for the proposed development subject to compliance with the following conditions: Class B Development is permitted by Class B subject to the following conditions- (a) the materials used in any exterior work shall be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwelling house. (b) the enlargement must be constructed so that (i) other than in the case of a hip-to-gable enlargement or an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension (aa) the eaves of the original roof are maintained or reinstated; and (bb) the edge of the enlargement closest to the eaves of the original roof is, so far as practicable, not less than 0.2 metres from the eaves, measured along the roof slope from the outside edge of the eaves; (ii) other than in the case of an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension, no part of the enlargement extends beyond the outside face of any external wall of the original dwellinghouse; and (c) any window inserted on a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwelling house shall be - (i) obscure-glazed and (ii) non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7m above the floor of the room in which the window is installed. This application relates to drawings: A203 Rev 1; A204 Rev 1; A201 Rev 1; A202 Rev 1; A205 Rev 1; A206 Rev 1; A207 Rev 1; A208 Rev 1 and Location Plan
