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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
Lawful Development Certification for a proposed front porch, single storey side extension, single storey rear extension, hip to gable loft conversion with front rooflights and rear dormer, elevational changes to include new windows and erection of 2 no. detached outbuildings
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0646
- Development type
- Lawful Dev Cert (section 192)
- Ward
- Upper Gornal & Woodsetton
- UPRN
- 90024851
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Existing Rear Elevation Drg No. 20VR-141 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Side Elevation 1 Drg No. 20VR-142 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Side Elevation 2 Drg No. 20VR-143 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-200 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed First Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-201 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Second Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-202 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Roof Plan Drg No. 20VR-203 Rev P01 (A3)DCGENPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Front Elevation Drg No. 20VR-240 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Rear Elevation Drg No. 20VR-241 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| SUPERSEDED Proposed Side Elevation 1 Drg No. 20VR-242 Rev P01 (A3)DCSUPER | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Side Elevation 2 Drg No. 20VR-243 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Location Plan Drg No. 20VR Rev P01 (A3)DCLOCPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Site Plan Drg No. 20VR-001 Rev P01 (A3)DCBLKPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Ground Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-100 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing First Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-101 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Second Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-102 Rev P01 (A3)DCFLOPLN | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing Front Elevation Drg No. 20VR-140 Rev P01 (A3)DCELEVAT | 16 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed Side Elevation 1 Drg No. 20VR-242 Rev P02 (A3)DCELEVAT | 20 Jul 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCDECIS | 7 Aug 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportDCGENDOC | 7 Aug 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
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Decision due date
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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 A, B, C, D and E 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 A Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions- (a) the materials used in any exterior work (other than materials used in the construction of a conservatory) must be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse; (b) any upper-floor window located in a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse must be— (i) obscure-glazed, and (ii) non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed; and (c) where the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse has more than a single storey, or forms an upper storey on an existing enlargement of the original dwellinghouse, the roof pitch of the enlarged part must, so far as practicable, be the same as the roof pitch of the original dwellinghouse. 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. Class C Development is permitted by Class C subject to the following conditions- (a) obscure-glazed; and (b) non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed. This application relates to drawings: Location Plan Drg No. 20VR Rev P01, Existing Ground Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-100 Rev P01, Existing First Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-101 Rev P01, Existing Second Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-102 Rev P01, Existing Front Elevation Drg No. 20VR-140 Rev P01, Existing Rear Elevation Drg No. 20VR-141 Rev P01, Existing Side Elevation 1 Drg No. 20VR-142 Rev P01, Existing Side Elevation 2 Drg No. 20VR-143 Rev P01, Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-200 Rev P01, Proposed First Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-201 Rev P01, Proposed Second Floor Plan Drg No. 20VR-202 Rev P01, Proposed Roof Plan Drg No. 20VR-203 Rev P01, Proposed Front Elevation Drg No. 20VR-240 Rev P01, Proposed Rear Elevation Drg No. 20VR-241 Rev P01, Proposed Side Elevation 1 Drg No. 20VR-242 Rev P02 and Proposed Side Elevation 2 Drg No. 20VR-243 Rev P01.
