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
Construction of single storey rear extension (6m depth, 2.7m eaves height, 2.95m overall height)
Proposal details
- Reference
- PA26/1285
- Alternative references
- PP-14851428
- Ward
- Heathfield Ward [HTF]
- UPRN
- 100022340206
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form - Redacted | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Site Block PlanSubmitted Drawing | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Existing Plans and ElevationsSubmitted Drawing | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Proposed Plans and ElevationsSubmitted Drawing | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Site Location PlanSubmitted Drawing | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| CIL FormApplication Form | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Officer reportReport | 22 May 2026 | View |
| decisionDecision Notice | 22 May 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 sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
decisionPlanning conditions
- For the avoidance of doubt the Drawing(s) No(s) and Document(s) to which this decision refers are as follows:- - Site Location Plan, RM-10-25/PL 01, RM-09-26/PL02 and RM-09-26/PL 03 received by council 13 April 2026
- This proposal CONSTITUTES DEVELOPMENT within the meaning of Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and a planning application IS REQUIRED. This is because the proposal fails to comply with the requirements as laid down in criteria A.1 JA, and in particualr G(ii), I and J(i), (ii) and (iii), of Class A of Part 1 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
