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
Single storey side and rear extensions
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0513
- Alternative references
- PP-14902485
- Development type
- Extension / Alteration
- Ward
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
- Agent
- Booth
- UPRN
- 90151749
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| The location planDCLOCPLN | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing floor plan and elevationsDCGENPLN | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed floor plan and elevationsDCGENPLN | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Section drawingsDCGENPLN | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Tree surveyDCREPSRV | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Timber beamDCGENPLN | 30 Apr 2026 | View |
| Tree Officer CommentsDCCONRES | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Decision noticeDCDECIS | 24 Jun 2026 | View |
| Officers reportDCPUBLIC | 24 Jun 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Consultation expiry 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 sourceStatutory expiry 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
- The proposed development would be located within the Root Protection Area (RPA) of the Purple Beech, which would result in unacceptable harm to the long-term health and structural integrity of the tree. The proximity of the development to the Purple Beech would likely lead to future pressure for pruning or removal. Moreover, the cumulative effect of development in close proximity to multiple high-value trees further constrains the site and reduces the scope for acceptable development without arboricultural harm. The unjustified incursion into the RPA of a protected Category A tree, combined with the likelihood of future pressure for works, fails to comply with paragraph 136 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), Policy S22 Dudley Borough Development Strategy, Policy DLP33 of the emerging Dudley Local Plan and British Standard 5837:2012. INFORMATIVE The Local Planning Authority is aware of the requirement of paragraph 39 in the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the application. In this case, after careful balanced consideration the LPA/Officers considers that there are insurmountable technical issues relating to the impact on visual amenity that have not been satisfactorily resolved to demonstrate that the scheme would result in the creation of a sustainable form of development and thereby failing to improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area.
