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 rear extensions
Proposal details
- Reference
- P26/0836
- Alternative references
- PP-15097720
- Development type
- Extension / Alteration
- Ward
- Wollaston & Stourbridge Town
- Agent
- Booth
- UPRN
- 90151749
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Proposed plansDCELEVAT | 20 Jul 2026 | View |
| Existing plansDCELEVAT | 20 Jul 2026 | View |
| Location planDCLOCPLN | 20 Jul 2026 | View |
| Consultation response - TreesDCCONRES | 22 Sept 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDCDECIS | 23 Sept 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportDCGENDOC | 23 Sept 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Site notice end date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision due date
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Council sourceExtension date
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Council sourceDecision expiry date
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Council source
Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- 1) The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. 2) The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: SWWC/0716/000A; 001A; 002B REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning. 3) The materials to be used in the approved development shall match in appearance, colour and texture those of the existing building. REASON: To ensure the satisfactory appearance of the development in accordance with Dudley Local Plan policies DLP14 Housing Development, Extensions and Alterations to Existing Dwellings and DLP39 Design Quality.
- No development shall take place until there has been submitted and approved in writing by the local planning authority details of the tree protection measures on site. The agreed tree protection measures shall be erected / installed prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved (including any tree felling, tree pruning, demolition works, soil moving, temporary access construction and or widening, or any operations involving the use of motorised vehicles or construction machinery), and shall not be taken down moved or amended in any way without prior written approval of the local planning authority. The tree protection details shall include: i. A plan showing the location and identification (with reference to a survey schedule if necessary) of all trees on, or directly adjacent to the development site, that are to be retained during construction. These trees are to be marked with a continuous outline. ii. A plan showing the extent of the Root Protection Area, which is to be protected by physical barriers during development. The extent of the area that is to be protected will be calculated in accordance with Clause 4.6 of British Standard BS:5837 - 2012 'Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction- Recommendations'. iii. Design details of the proposed protective barriers and ground protection to be erected around the trees during development. Any protection barriers should be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions set out in section 6.2 of British Standard BS:5837 - 2012 'Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction- Recommendations'. REASON: To ensure that those trees and hedges to be retained on the development site are not subject to damage because of either works carried out on site or during the carrying out of such works in accordance with DLP33 Provision, retention and protection of trees, woodlands, Ancient Woodland, and Veteran trees.
- No development or other operations shall commence on site or in connection with the development hereby approved, (including any tree felling, tree pruning, demolition works, soil moving, temporary access construction and or widening, or any operations involving the use of motorised vehicles or construction machinery) until a detailed tree felling / pruning specification has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. No development or other operations shall commence on site until the approved tree felling and pruning works have been completed. All tree felling and pruning shall be carried out in full accordance with the approved specification and the requirements of British Standard 3998 (2010) Recommendations for Tree Work. REASON: To ensure that all tree works carried out on site are appropriate and justified in line with the proposed development and the safeguarding of the visual and environmental amenity in accordance with DLP33 Provision, retention and protection of trees, woodlands, Ancient Woodland, and Veteran trees.
- All excavations to be undertaken within the Root Protection Area (as defined by Clause 4.6 of British Standard BS:5837 - 2012 'Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction- Recommendations') of any existing trees on site shall be undertaken in accordance with NJUG Guidelines for the Planning, Installation and Maintenance of Utility Apparatus in Proximity to Trees (NJUG Volume 4). REASON: To ensure that existing trees are not damaged through the loss of roots, to maintain the visual and environmental quality of the site and surrounding area in accordance with DLP33 Provision, retention and protection of trees, woodlands, Ancient Woodland, and Veteran trees.
- The existing trees shown on the approved plans to be retained shall not be damaged or destroyed, uprooted, felled, lopped or topped during the construction period of the development without prior written consent of the local planning authority. Any trees removed without such consent or dying or being seriously damaged or diseased during that period shall be replaced with healthy trees of such size and species as may be agreed in writing by the local planning authority. REASON: To maintain the visual and environmental quality of the site and surrounding area in accordance with DLP33 Provision, retention and protection of trees, woodlands, Ancient Woodland, and Veteran trees.
