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
Demolition of existing bungalow and the construction of a new 2 storey family dwelling
Proposal details
- Reference
- 7/2025/4100
- Alternative references
- PP-14396254
- Ward
- Millom Without Ward
- Parish
- Irton with Santon
- Agent
- Fox
- UPRN
- 200001654572
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Chapelton, Irton, Holmrook, CA19 1TD
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Documents 23 of 23
| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Site location planSite location plan | Not published | View |
| Flood mapOther supporting information | Not published | View |
| Proposed 3D sketchesPlan | Not published | View |
| Proposed 3D sketchesPlan | Not published | View |
| Elevations as proposed sidePlan | Not published | View |
| Elevations as proposed front and rearPlan | Not published | View |
| Plans as proposedPlan | Not published | View |
| Existing 3D sketchPlan | Not published | View |
| Elevations as existingPlan | Not published | View |
| Plans as existingPlan | Not published | View |
| Design Access and Energy StatementDesign & access statement | Not published | View |
| Application form - redactedApplication form | Not published | View |
| Proposed site planPlan | 8 Dec 2025 | View |
| Construction Method StatementOther supporting information | 8 Dec 2025 | View |
| Non mains drainage questionnaireOther supporting information | 8 Dec 2025 | View |
| Treatment plan brochureOther supporting information | 8 Dec 2025 | View |
| Reply by Planning, Cumberland CouncilConsultee response | 9 Dec 2025 | View |
| reply from highwys & LLFA 15.12.2025Consultee response | 15 Dec 2025 | View |
| Reply by United UtilitiesConsultee response | 17 Dec 2025 | View |
| Parish Council commentsConsultee response | 2 Jan 2026 | View |
| officers reportDelegated report | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| decision noticeDecision notice | 26 Jan 2026 | View |
| Copy of discharge of condition approval letter 7/2026/4015Background Information | 21 May 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
decision noticePlanning conditions
- The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of THREE years from the date hereof. REASON: Imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.
- The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in conformity with the following submitted plans and details: - Drawing no. 25-03-P-107 - Proposed Side Elevations - Drawing no. 25-03-P-106 - Proposed Front and Rear Elevations - Drawing no. 25-03-P-105 - Proposed Floor Plans - Drawing no. 25-03-P-101A - Proposed Site Plan - Drawing no. 25-03-P-L - Site Location Plan - Non-main drainage questionnaire - Treatment Plant Brochure REASON: For the avoidance of doubt.
- The roof of the building hereby permitted shall be covered and maintained in local slates which have been mined or quarried in Cumbria. Such slates shall be riven not sawn, and shall be laid in diminishing courses from eaves to ridge. REASON: To ensure a satisfactory standard of appearance of the development by the use of traditional materials in accordance with Policies 01 and 06 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035.
- Samples of the following materials to be used in the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before such materials are incorporated into the development: - Timber cladding - Stone walling Materials and finishes shall thereafter be implemented as approved. REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure a satisfactory standard of appearance of the development in accordance with the provisions of Policies 05 and 06 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035.
- Prior to the first use of the development hereby permitted, the approved details set out in the Sustainability section of the submitted Design and Access Statement, comprising solar panels and an air source heat pump, with respect to the provision of renewable/low carbon energy shall be implemented and retained as operational thereafter. REASON: In the interests of increasing the proportion of energy generated through renewable and low carbon sources in accordance with Policy 20 of the Lake District National Park Local Plan 2020-2035.
- INFORMATIVE - Biodiversity Net Gain - Self-built or Custom built The effect of paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is that planning permission granted for the development of land in England is deemed to have been granted subject to the condition ("the biodiversity gain condition") that development may not begin unless: (a) a Biodiversity Gain Plan has been submitted to the planning authority, and (b) the planning authority has approved the plan. Certain permissions are exempted by The Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Exemptions) Regulations 2024, and this application has been determined on the basis that it is exempt by virtue of the dwelling being self-built or custom built as declared on the application form. In order to comply with this exemption the development and subsequent occupation must be in accord with the definition of "self-build or custom housebuilding" set out in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015. This definition is as follows: (A1) In this Act "self-build and custom housebuilding" means the building or completion by- (a) individuals, (b) associations of individuals, or (c) persons working with or for individuals or associations of individuals, of houses to be occupied as homes by those individuals. (A2) But it does not include the building of a house on a plot acquired from a person who builds the house wholly or mainly to plans or specifications decided or offered by that person. If the development proceeds in accordance with the above definition then the biodiversity net gain condition would not apply and there is no need to submit a biodiversity gain plan for approval prior to commencing development. If, however, the development does not proceed on the basis of the above definition then the development would not be exempt and the biodiversity gain condition WOULD apply. The approval of a biodiversity gain plan WOULD therefore be required before development is begun. A failure to abide by the condition would be likely to render the whole development unauthorised. Following completion if you decide to sell the house or occupy it otherwise than as your own home, for example as a holiday let, the house will not meet the "self-build or custom housebuilding" definition and will not benefit from the planning permission granted. This will mean the whole development is unauthorised and at risk of enforcement action. If your plans for occupation change during the construction phase you need to let us know and submit a Biodiversity Gain Plan. In summary: A biodiversity gain plan WOULD NOT be required to be submitted to, and approved by, the planning authority before development may be begun ONLY if the development proceeds in accordance with the definition of self-build and custom housebuilding set out above.
- Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Article 35(2) statement. The Local Planning Authority have worked with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner by seeking solutions to problems arising in relation to dealing with the application by agreeing the use of local slate on the roof.
