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
Proposed single storey rear extension (8m depth, 2.7m eaves height, 2.85m overall height)
Proposal details
- Reference
- PA26/2796
- Alternative references
- PP-15149463
- Ward
- Heathfield Ward [HTF]
- Agent
- Bancil
- UPRN
- 100022285768
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Application Form - Without Personal DataApplication Form - Redacted | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Location & Block PlanSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Existing Ground Floor PlanSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Existing ElevationsSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Proposed Ground Floor PlanSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Proposed ElevationsSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| Existing/Proposed Roof PlanSubmitted Drawing | 11 Aug 2026 | View |
| CIL FormApplication Form | 15 Sept 2026 | View |
| decisionDecision Notice | 21 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 sourceDecision due date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceExtension date
Past published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council sourceDecision expiry date
Published deadlineA published target or deadline. It does not confirm an outcome.
Council source
Decision & conditions
decisionPlanning conditions
- This proposal CONSTITUTES DEVELOPMENT within the meaning of Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, but by virtue of Article 3 and Schedule 2 of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 and any subsequent legislative amendments is of a class which is described as PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT and therefore planning permission IS NOT REQUIRED subject to the following conditions: (a) the materials used in any exterior work (other than materials used in the construction of a conservatory) shall be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse; (b) any upper-floor window located in a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse shall be: (i) obscure-glazed, and (ii) non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed; and (c) where the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse has more than one storey, the roof pitch of the enlarged part shall, so far as practicable, be the same as the roof pitch of the original dwellinghouse.
- The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents, where applicable. Received 11/08/2026: - Application Form - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 00 Block Plan & Location Plan - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 01 Existing Ground Floor Plan - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 02 Existing Elevations - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 03 Proposed Ground Floor Plan - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 04 Proposed Elevations - Drawing No. PL1/DB/3504 - 05 Existing Roof Plan & Proposed Roof Plan Received 15/09/2026: - CIL Form REASON: To accord with the terms of the application, for the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
