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
Display of 8 internal LED advertising screens behind the front elevation glazing.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2026/1108/ADV
- Alternative references
- PP-14890273
- Ward
- St Mary's & St James'
- Agent
- Simon Powell
- UPRN
- 5300094422
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form | 27 Apr 2026 | View |
| ProposedDrawings - Proposed | 27 Apr 2026 | View |
| Sustainable Design and Construction StatementSupporting Documentation | 27 Apr 2026 | View |
| Location PlanLocation Plan | 27 Apr 2026 | View |
| Heritage StatementSupporting Documentation | 28 Apr 2026 | View |
| LBC StatementSupporting Documentation | 28 Apr 2026 | View |
| delegated re[portDelegated Report | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| DN FINALDecision Notice Final | 8 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 sourceStatutory expiry date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourcePublicity end 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 sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
DN FINALPlanning conditions
- STANDARD ADVERTISEMENT CONDITION (COMPLIANCE): Any advertisement displayed and any site used for the display of advertisements, shall be maintained in a clean and tidy condition to the reasonable satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a safe condition. Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the removal shall be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. No advertisement is to be displayed without permission of the owner of the site or any other people with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission. No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of any road traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air, or so as otherwise to render hazardous the use of any highway, railway, waterway (including any coastal waters) or aerodrome (civil or military).
- ADVERTISEMENT ILLUMINATION INTENSITY (COMPLIANCE): Notwithstanding the drawings hereby approved, the internal digital display screens shall not exceed a maximum brightness of 2500 candelas per square metre during daylight hours and 300 candelas per square metre during darkness. The digital display screens shall be blank and non-illuminated between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00 each day. The advertisement displays shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the details so approved and shall be maintained as such thereafter into perpetuity. REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway and public safety.
- Location Plan; 3966/LED/101 (East Elevation Illustrative Screen Location); Heritage Statement; Application for listed building consent – advertisement business design centre limited; Sustainable Design and Construction Statement.
- ILLUMINATION (COMPLIANCE): Illumination for the proposed signage must always remain below the limits set out in the Institute of Lighting Professionals (ILP) publication: 'The Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements including digital displays.' (PLG05/23, 2023). REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and highway safety.
