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
Remove chimney. Loft conversion with a rear/side dormer. Three front rooflights. Detached rear outbuilding. (Summary)
Proposal details
- Reference
- 1866/26
- Alternative references
- PP-15079921
- Ward
- Clementswood
- Agent
- Boyraz
- UPRN
- 100022228190
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ApplicationFormRedacted.pdfApplication form | 13 Jul 2026 | View |
| 0. (222A) 176 Mortlake Road - SITE LOCATION PLAN.pdfSite/block plan | 13 Jul 2026 | View |
| 1. (222A) 176 Mortlake Road - BLOCK PLANS_RevB.pdfSite/block plan | 13 Jul 2026 | View |
| 2. (222A) 176 Mortlake Road - DRAWINGS_RevB.pdfCombined plan | 13 Jul 2026 | View |
| 3. (222A) 176 Mortlake Road - COVERING LETTER.pdfCover letter | 13 Jul 2026 | View |
| ApasTemplate_103413.pdfOfficer report | 24 Jul 2026 | View |
| 2085234_Decision_Certificate_Proposed_FT_CERTPRU.pdfDecision notice | 24 Jul 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
2085234_Decision_Certificate_Proposed_FT_CERTPRU.pdfPlanning conditions
- in accordance with plans: 222A_PLOS 10 July 2026; Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed Use) – FAST TRACK 13/07/2026; 222A_PL01B; 222A_PL02B 13/07/2026
- 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 - Does not comply (Terraced) Rear dormer: 4.36m width x 2.17m height x 3.54m depth /2 = 16.75m3 Rear outrigger dormer: [(1.19m h1 +2.53m h2)/2] x 3m width x 4.63m depth = 25.84m3 Total: 16.75 + 25.84 = 42.59m3 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 : Not 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
- Schedule 2 Part 1 Class E 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 No more than 50% of the curtilage of the original dwelling may be covered by buildings, enclosures and containers – Complies No part of the building, enclosure, pool or container would be situated on land forward of a wall forming the principal elevation of the original dwellinghouse – Complies Must not have more than one storey – Complies Maximum roof height is 4 m if dual pitched – Complies Maximum roof height within 2 m of the boundary is 2.5 m – Complies Maximum roof height is 3 m for all other cases – Complies Height of eaves cannot exceed 2.5 m – Complies Would not be used as a dwelling – Complies Must not involve provision or construction of a veranda, balcony or raised platform or microwave antenna – Complies Must not exceed 3,500 litres if a container – Complies If In a Conservation Area must not be to the side of the dwelling – Complies Not subject to an Article 4 Direction – Complies Not within the curtilage of a Listed Building Overall Conclusion: Permitted
- The proposal does not constitute permitted development, by virtue of Schedule 2 Article 3, Part 1, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
