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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
The installation of a multifunctional communication Hub including defibrillator and advertisement display
Proposal details
- Reference
- PA26/0783
- Alternative references
- PP-14759418
- Ward
- Whitton Ward [WTT]
- Agent
- Stephens
- UPRN
- MAN000000000828664
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix BReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix CReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix DReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix EReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix FReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix GReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix IReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub Proposal Appendix JReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Covering letterCovering letter | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Communication Hub ProposalReport | 6 Mar 2026 | View |
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form - Redacted | 1 Jun 2026 | View |
| Appendix A - HUB UNIT SPECIFICATIONReport | 12 Jun 2026 | View |
| Appendix H GA PlanReport | 12 Jun 2026 | View |
| Site Plan and ImagesSubmitted Drawing | 12 Jun 2026 | View |
| DecisionDecision Notice | 27 Aug 2026 | View |
| Officer reportReport | 27 Aug 2026 | View |
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Application timeline
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Consultation expiry date
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Decision & conditions
DecisionPlanning conditions
- The signs shall not be illuminated to show red, green nor amber in colour nor in such other manner as may conflict with any traffic signs or signals or cause danger to road users. REASON: To prevent danger to road users.
- A. Site maintenance: Any advertisements 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. B. Safety of hoardings: Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a safe condition C. Satisfactory removal: 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. D. Permission of owners No advertisement is to be displayed without the permission of the owner of the site or any other person with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission E. Siting 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). REASON: To comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007.
- The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission. REASON: To conform with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.
- a) No individual advertisements displayed on the proposed advertising display shall containmoving images, flashing, animation, video or full motion images or images that resemble road signs or traffic signals. b) The interval between successive advertisements shall be instantaneous (no greater than 1 second), with no flashing and a smooth instant change into the next static image and the complete display shall change; there shall be no visual effects, including swiping or other animated transition methods between successive advertisements, and the display will include a mechanism to freeze the image in the event of a malfunction or default to a blank screen to avoid any flashing error message or pixilation. c) The proposed advertising display shall not change more frequently than once every 10 seconds, the use of message sequencing for the same product is prohibited and the advertisements shall not include features/equipment which would allow interactive messages/advertisements to be displayed. REASON: To ensure that the proposed development does not prejudice the appearance of the locality and prevent danger to road users.
- In daylight hours, the advertisement display luminance shall be controlled in order to reflect ambient light conditions (to ensure it is neither too bright or too dull), and shall at all times be no greater than the recommended maximum daytime luminance values set out in Table 10.5 within the Institution of Lighting Professionals - Professional Lighting Guide (PLG 05/23) 'Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements including Digital Displays' (or its equivalent in a replacement guide) in Cdm2. REASON: To preserve amenity of neighbour occupiers and prevent danger to road users.
- The proposed advertising display shall be turned off between midnight and 6am and outside of these hours of darkness the proposed advertising display luminance shall not exceed 300 candelas per square metre. REASON: To preserve amenity of neighbour occupiers and prevent danger to road users.
- The footway and carriageway must not be blocked during the installation and maintenance of the advertising panel. Temporary obstruction during the installation must be kept to a minimum and should not encroach on the clear space needed to provide safe passage for pedestrians or obstruct the flow of traffic. REASON: To prevent danger to pedestrians.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents, where applicable. Received 06 March 2026: - Covering Letter - Re: Installation of Communication Hubs with Integral Defibrillator and Advertisement Display - Communication Hub Proposal - Community Channel Appendix B - AEDS in Communities - Product Specification - Zoll AED 3 - Community Hub Proposal - Sustainability Appendix E - Community Hub Proposal - Pavement Reinstatement Appendix F - Communication Hub - Unit Management Plan - Footway Amenities Part E Received 1 June 2026: - Application form Received 12 June 2026: - Communication Hub Proposal - Hub Unit Specification - Drawing no. A/489467/ 05 Sheet 1 of 1, Rev. B - A03020 Site Plan & Images REASON: To accord with the terms of the application, for the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
- Approval of a Biodiversity Gain Plan will not be required before development commences Biodiversity Net Gain The effect of paragraph 13 of Schedule 7A to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is that planning permission granted for development of land in England is deemed to have been granted subject to the condition ('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. The planning authority, for the purposes of determining whether to approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan, if one is required in respect of this permission would be the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. There are statutory exemptions and transitional arrangements which mean that the biodiversity gain condition does not always apply. These are listed below. Based on the information available this permission is considered to be one which will not require the approval of a biodiversity gain plan before development is begun because one or more of the statutory exemptions or transitional arrangements in the list below is/are considered to apply. Statutory exemptions and transitional arrangements in respect of the biodiversity gain condition. 1. The application for planning permission was made before 12 February 2024. 2. The planning permission relates to development to which section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (planning permission for development already carried out) applies. 3. The planning permission was granted on an application made under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and (i) the original planning permission to which the section 73 planning permission relates* was granted before 12 February 2024; or (ii) the application for the original planning permission* to which the section 73 planning permission relates was made before 12 February 2024. 4. The permission which has been granted is for development which is exempt being: 4.1 Development which is not 'major development' (within the meaning of article 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015) where: (i) the application for planning permission was made before 2 April 2024; (ii) planning permission is granted which has effect before 2 April 2024; or (iii) planning permission is granted on an application made under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 where the original permission to which the section 73 permission relates* was exempt by virtue of (i) or (ii). 4.2 Development below the de minimis threshold, meaning development which: (i) does not impact an onsite priority habitat (a habitat specified in a list published under section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006); and (ii) impacts less than 25 square metres of onsite habitat that has biodiversity value greater than zero and less than 5 metres in length of onsite linear habitat (as defined in the statutory metric). 4.3 Development which is subject of a householder application within the meaning of article 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. A 'householder application' means an application for planning permission for development for an existing dwellinghouse, or development within the curtilage of such a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse which is not an application for change of use or an application to change the number of dwellings in a building. 4.4 Development of a biodiversity gain site, meaning development which is undertaken solely or mainly for the purpose of fulfilling, in whole or in part, the Biodiversity Gain Planning condition which applies in relation to another development, (no account is to be taken of any facility for the public to access or to use the site for educational or recreational purposes, if that access or use is permitted without the payment of a fee). 4.5 Self and Custom Build Development, meaning development which: (i) consists of no more than 9 dwellings; (ii) is carried out on a site which has an area no larger than 0.5 hectares; and (iii) consists exclusively of dwellings which are self-build or custom housebuilding (as defined in section 1(A1) of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015). 4.6 Development forming part of, or ancillary to, the high speed railway transport network (High Speed 2) comprising connections between all or any of the places or parts of the transport network specified in section 1(2) of the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013. * 'original planning permission means the permission to which the section 73 planning permission relates' means a planning permission which is the first in a sequence of two or more planning permissions, where the second and any subsequent planning permissions are section 73 planning permissions. Irreplaceable habitat If the onsite habitat includes irreplaceable habitat (within the meaning of the Biodiversity Gain Requirements (Irreplaceable Habitat) Regulations 2024) there are additional requirements for the content and approval of Biodiversity Gain Plans. The Biodiversity Gain Plan must include, in addition to information about steps taken or to be taken to minimise any adverse effect of the development on the habitat, information on arrangements for compensation for any impact the development has on the biodiversity of the irreplaceable habitat. The planning authority can only approve a Biodiversity Gain Plan if satisfied that the adverse effect of the development on the biodiversity of the irreplaceable habitat is minimised and appropriate arrangements have been made for the purpose of compensating for any impact which do not include the use of biodiversity credits. The effect of section 73D of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 If planning permission is granted on an application made under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (application to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached) and a Biodiversity Gain Plan was approved in relation to the previous planning permission ('the earlier Biodiversity Gain Plan') there are circumstances when the earlier Biodiversity Gain Plan is regarded as approved for the purpose of discharging the biodiversity gain condition subject to which the section 73 planning permission is granted. Those circumstances are that the conditions subject to which the section 73 permission is granted: (i) do not affect the post-development value of the onsite habitat as specified in the earlier Biodiversity Gain Plan, and (ii) in the case of planning permission for a development where all or any part of the onsite habitat is irreplaceable habitat the conditions do not change the effect of the development on the biodiversity of that onsite habitat (including any arrangements made to compensate for any such effect) as specified in the earlier Biodiversity Gain Plan.
- In accordance with paragraphs 38-42 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Richmond upon Thames Borough Council takes a positive and proactive approach to the delivery of sustainable development, by: * Providing a formal pre-application service * Providing written policies and guidance, all of which is available to view on the Council's website * Where appropriate, negotiating amendments to secure a positive decision * Determining applications in a timely manner. In this instance: * The application was acceptable as submitted, and approved without delay
