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
Loft conversion with rear dormer. Two front rooflights. (summary)
Proposal details
- Reference
- 1517/26
- Alternative references
- PP-14996207
- Ward
- Mayfield
- Agent
- Karim
- UPRN
- 100022237827
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ApplicationFormRedacted.pdfApplication form | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| Block plan.pdfSite/block plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| first floorExisting plan - floor plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| ground floorExisting plan - floor plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| Existing roof plan.pdfExisting plan - roof plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| FrontCombined plan - elevation | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed block plan.pdfProposed plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| first floorProposed plan - floor plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| LoftProposed plan - floor plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| Proposed roof plan.pdfProposed plan - roof plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| rearCombined plan - elevation | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| sidesCombined plan - elevation | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| Location plan.pdfSite/block plan | 8 Jun 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_102969.pdfOfficer report | 19 Jun 2026 | View |
| 2079660_Decision_Certificate_Proposed_FT_CERTPRL.pdfDecision notice | 19 Jun 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
Council milestones and published deadlines. A deadline passing does not confirm a decision.
Decision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
2079660_Decision_Certificate_Proposed_FT_CERTPRL.pdfPlanning conditions
- in accordance with plans: Block Plan 08 Jun 2026; HK 01 9/5/2026; HK 02 9/5/2026; HK 03 9/5/2026; HK 04 9/5/2026; HK 05 9/5/2026; HK 06 9/5/2026; HK 07 9/5/2026; HK 08 9/5/2026; HK 09 7/5/2026
- Schedule 2 Part 1 Class B of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse was not granted only by virtue of Class M, N, P, or Q of Schedule 2 Part 3 (change of use) - Complies Must not exceed height of highest part of existing roof – Complies Must not extend beyond the plane of any existing roof slope which forms the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and fronts a highway - Complies Maximum volume is 40m3 for terrace houses and 50 m3 in other cases - Complies (Terraced) Rear roof dormer: 5.08m width *2.46m height *3.42m depth /2 = 21.37m3 Must not involve installation, alteration or replacement of a veranda, balcony or raised platform, microwave antenna, chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe- Complies Must not be in a Conservation Area – Complies 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 – Complies Any window facing the side should be obscure glazed and non-opening up to 1.7 m above the floor – Complies The roof pitch should match the pitch of the original dwelling as far as practicable – Complies Other than in the case of a hip to gable enlargement, the edge of the enlargement closest to the eaves of the original roof shall, so far as is practicable, be not less than 20cm from the eaves of the original roof – Complies Overall Conclusion : Permitted
- Schedule 2 Part 1 Class C of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse was not granted only by virtue of Class M, N, P, or Q of Schedule 2 Part 3 (change of use) - Complies Does not protrude more than 0.15 metres beyond the plane of the slope of the original roof when measured from the perpendicular with the external surface of the original roof– Complies Must not be higher than the highest part of the original roof – Complies Must not include a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe or solar photovoltaics or solar thermal equipment – Complies Any window facing the side should be obscure glazed and non-opening up to 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed- Complies Sensitively located if in Conservation Area - Not applicable/not in Conservation Area. Overall Conclusion: Permitted
- The proposals constitute permitted development, by virtue of Schedule 2 Article 3, Part 1, Class B and C of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).
