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 hardstand area - to improve parking and turning within the field for agricultural and delivery vehicles (partly retrospective)
Proposal details
- Reference
- NP/26/0391/FUL
- Alternative references
- PP-15116076
- Ward
- W05001459
- Parish
- Manorbier
- Agent
- Collins
- UPRN
- 100101021630
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Field North of Wheelers Way, Manorbier, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 7TU
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Documents 12 of 12
| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| APPROVED Green Infrastructure Statement + Biodiversity Enhancement SchemeApproved Documents | Not published | View |
| APPROVED Construction Method StatementApproved Documents | Not published | View |
| APPROVED Plannng Justification StatementApproved Documents | Not published | View |
| APPROVED Site Block PlanApproved Documents | Not published | View |
| Existing Site Block PlanSubmitted Drawings | Not published | View |
| APPROVED Site Location PlanApproved Documents | Not published | View |
| APPROVED Proposed Site Block Plan 1:1250Approved Documents | Not published | View |
| Redacted Application FormApplication forms | Not published | View |
| Consultee Response - PCNPA Transportation and Environment (Highways) 26/08/2026Consultee response | 26 Aug 2026 | View |
| Consultee Response - PCNPA Ecologist 08/09/26Consultee response | 9 Sept 2026 | View |
| Decision NoticeDecision notice | 18 Sept 2026 | View |
| Officer ReportOfficer Reports | 18 Sept 2026 | View |
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Decision & conditions
Decision NoticePlanning conditions
- The development shall begin not later than five years from the date of this decision. Reason: Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).
- The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: • Site Location Plan (Scale 1:2500) • Site Block Plan (Scale 1:200) • Proposed Site Block Plan (Scale 1:1250) • Planning Justification Statement (July 2026) • Construction Method Statement (July 2026) • Green Infrastructure Statement & Biodiversity Enhancement Scheme Reason: In order to be clear on the approved scheme of development in the interests of protecting visual amenity and the special qualities of the National Park. Policy: Local Development Plan 2 – Policies 1 (National Park Purposes and Duty), 8 (Special Qualities), 14 (Conservation of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park) and 29 (Sustainable Design).
- Prior to the operational use of the proposed development, the access area shall be laid in a permeable surface bound material (dust-bound gravel bituminous macadam, paving or grasscrete) for a minimum distance of 4.5 metres behind the edge of the carriageway of the adopted highway in order to prevent material being dragged onto the public highway. Reason: to meet the objectives of PPW 12th Ed (Feb 2024) and to satisfy Policy 60 (Impacts of traffic) of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Local Development Plan 2 (end date 2031).
- There shall be no external lighting to the site, unless first approved by the Local Planning Authority through the submission of a lighting scheme and light mitigation strategy, which must then be implemented in accord with the approved details and managed as such thereafter. Reason: In the interest of protecting residential amenity and protecting against light pollution, in accordance with Local Development Plan Policies 9 (Light pollution) and 30 (Amenity).
- In the first available planting seasons following approval, planting must be implemented according to the Green Infrastructure Statement and the Block Plan. Any existing plants retained; or new plants planted in accordance with the approved scheme which, within a period of 5 years after implementation of the approved development are removed, die, become diseased or damaged to such extent that, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, the function in relation to this planning approval is no longer delivered, shall be replaced with plants of similar size and specification. Any variations to the details of the documents and plans must only be undertaken after the proposed variations have been agreed in writing by the LPA. Reason: To prevent detrimental impact to trees, hedges and other landscape features which contribute to the amenity, landscape & biodiversity of the site and surrounding area. Local Development Plan 2 – Policies: 1 (National Park Purposes and Duty), 8 (Special Qualities), 14 (Conservation and enhancement of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park), 30 (Amenity), SPG 12 – Biodiversity, Technical Advice Note (TAN) 5: Nature Conservation and Planning (2009), Technical Advice Note (TAN) 10: Tree Preservation Orders (1997).
