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
Siting of a Shepherds Hut within the curtilage for holiday let accommodation including creation of car parking space for one vehicle
Proposal details
- Reference
- NP/25/0373/FUL
- Ward
- W05001438
- Parish
- Carew
- UPRN
- 200003244043
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| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| REFUSED Existing & Proposed Block PlanRefused Document | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| REFUSED Green Infrastructure StatementRefused Document | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| REFUSED Green Infrastructure PlanRefused Document | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| REFUSED Proposed PlansRefused Document | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| REFUSED Proposed Shepherds Hut PlanRefused Document | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| Traffic PlanSubmitted documents | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| Application Form RedactedApplication forms | 2 Jul 2025 | View |
| REFUSED Traffic PlanRefused Document | 8 Jul 2025 | View |
| Copy of Site Notice dated 18/07/2025Site Notice | 9 Jul 2025 | View |
| Consultee response - PCC Highways 10/7/25Consultee response | 11 Jul 2025 | View |
| Consultee Response - Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water 15/07/2025Consultee response | 15 Jul 2025 | View |
| Consultee Response - NRW 05/08/2025Consultee response | 5 Aug 2025 | View |
| Consultee response - Ecology 12/8/25Consultee response | 13 Aug 2025 | View |
| Officer ReportOfficer Reports | 19 Aug 2025 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision notice | 19 Aug 2025 | 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 sourceSite notice end 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
Appeal status: Appeal lodged
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- The proposal for a shepherd’s hut and associated holiday accommodation represents unjustified new development in the countryside. The applicant has not demonstrated an essential need for the development to be located in this countryside location, and the proposal does not constitute a form of development that is acceptable under the relevant countryside policies. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies 7 (Countryside) and 38 (Holiday Caravan, Camping and Chalet Development) of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Local Development Plan 2 (2020) which seek to protect the countryside from unacceptable and unjustified forms of development, and the aims of Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12, 2021).
- By virtue of its siting forward of the principal elevation of the host dwelling and in close proximity to the highway, the proposed shepherd’s hut would appear visually intrusive and discordant within the street scene and surrounding rural landscape. The development would fail to conserve or enhance the special qualities of the National Park and would result in harm to the character and appearance of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies 8 (Special Qualities) and 14 (Conservation of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park) of the Local Development Plan 2 (2020), and the guidance contained in Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12, 2021).
- Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the proposal would achieve nutrient neutrality within the Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC) catchment or that the proposed foul drainage arrangements follow the hierarchy set out in Welsh Government Circular 008/2018. In particular, the use of a cesspool/cesspit is not justified and is contrary to the presumption against such systems in highly sensitive locations. The proposal therefore fails to comply with Policy 11 (Nationally Protected Sites and Species) of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Local Development Plan 2 (2020), Technical Advice Note 5: Nature Conservation and Planning, and the requirements of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).
- The proposal has provided insufficient survey information to demonstrate that the proposal would not adversely affect protected species and biodiversity and that it would provide a net benefit to biodiversity. The proposal therefore fails to comply with Policy 11 (Nationally Protected Sites and Species) of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Local Development Plan 2 (2020), Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12) Technical Advice Note 5: Nature Conservation and Planning, and the requirements of the Environment Act (Wales) 2016.
