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
External lighting to front elevation, bin store and garden sauna to rear garden.
Proposal details
- Reference
- P2026/1890/FUL
- Alternative references
- PP-15020372
- Ward
- Barnsbury
- UPRN
- 5300008131
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form - Redacted | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Existing FloorplansDrawings - Existing | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Elevations and Location PlanDrawings - Existing | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Proposed Sauna and Bin Store detailsDrawings - Proposed | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| Design and access statementSupporting Documentation | 15 Jul 2026 | View |
| elevationsApplication Drawings - Superseded | 22 Jul 2026 | View |
| Sustainable Design and Construction StatementSupporting Documentation | 22 Jul 2026 | View |
| Proposed Elevations and Plans (revision A)Drawings - Proposed | 18 Aug 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision Notice | 4 Sept 2026 | View |
| Delegated Officer's ReportDelegated Report | 4 Sept 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
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- 3 YEAR CONSENT PERIOD: The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with the provisions of Section 91(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Chapter 5).
- DRAWING AND DOCUMENT NUMBERS: The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 9228-PD-002 Elevations as Existing & Site Location Plan; 9228-PD-003 Rev. A Floor Plans & Elevations Showing Approved Works & Proposed External Lighting; 9228-PD-004 Proposed Sauna & Bin Store; Sustainable Design and Construction Template 02; Design and Access Statement dated June 2026 prepared by offset architects REASON: To comply with Section 70(1)(a) of the Town and Country Act 1990 as amended and the Reason for Grant and also for the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of proper planning.
- MATERIALS (COMPLIANCE): The development shall be constructed in accordance with the schedule of materials noted on the approved plans and within the Design and Access Statement. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the details so approved and shall be maintained as such thereafter. REASON: In the interest of securing sustainable development and to ensure that the resulting appearance and construction of the development is of a high standard.
- INCIDENTAL USE (COMPLIANCE): The outbuilding hereby approved shall only be used incidentally to the enjoyment of the main dwellinghouse (Class C3) in perpetuity. At no point shall it be used as a separate commercial use. REASON: To ensure that the garden sauna is an ancillary structure to the main dwellinghouse and in the interests of protecting neighbouring amenity.
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING (COMPLIANCE): All illumination of the external lighting hereby approved shall be static and the illumination intensity shall not exceed a maximum steady brightness of 150 candelas per square metre. REASON: In the interest of protecting neighbouring and visual amenity in accordance with Policy PLAN1 of Islington's Strategic and Development Management Policies (2023).
